How you can help the planet as 2016 declared hottest year yet

The Guardian’s live climate change coverage: how you can help

In the lead-up to Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, the Guardian is running 24 hours of live uninterrupted digital coverage focused on climate change, and what you can do to help the planet. Trump, who is openly skeptical that climate change is caused by humans and has appointed many climate change deniers and sceptics to cabinet positions, comes into office as 2016 was declared the hottest year on record. The Guardian spoke with more than a dozen leading global voices on climate change, who urged the incoming president to make America great again by embracing the trillion-dollar green tech industry. We’ve partnered with Univision who are running a parallel blog in Spanish.

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The other inauguration party

Some residents of the upstate New York town of Saranac Lake will be hosting their own inauguration party on Friday – celebrating the defeat of Donald Trump. Liberal-minded people will be gathering to celebrate Hillary Clinton’s win of the popular vote by a margin of 2.9m votes. The residents share the sentiment of national leaders Bernie Sanders and the Rev Al Sharpton that liberal ideas did in fact win in this election. “Mr Trump has got to understand that he does not have a mandate. He lost by almost 3 million votes,” Bernie Sanders told the Guardian. Several leaders are organizing marches to protest about the legitimacy of Trump’s presidency. As far as the official inauguration is concerned, Nicole Puglise has outlined exactly how the day will unfold. Read more…