Analysts speculate that the reduction in approvals could be the result of so many projects being given the go-ahead last year

The European Commission said it conducted an investigation, including sending a team to Tesla facilities in China, to verify what subsidies the firm had received

Threat to glaciers revealed amid news of heat records in 15 nations this year, while the UN accuses fossil fuel firms of trying to slow the transition to clean energy

Energy policy analysts say Donald Trump’s energy policies could hike US carbon emissions by 2.7 billion tonnes

China's coal-fired power is giving up market share to cleaner alternatives, amid the rapid installation of solar capacity and also wind sources

Commercial aviation is struggling to reduce its climate impact and is currently not on track to meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank both looking to reduce lending commitments to coal mining

Asian economies are particularly vulnerable to torrential rains and storms, which can make up for 80% of the extreme weather events in the region

The PBOC pledged on Tuesday to provide funds to 11 provinces in the south, east, north and southwest, plus farmers, small firms and households

A recent report saying carbon offsets were ‘largely ineffective’ could lead firms to abandon or pare back investment in nature and carbon removals

Some 1.35 million fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles were sold in July, Rho Motion market research firm said on Monday

Experts say EVs burn differently to cars with internal combustion engines, with fires often lasting longer and harder to extinguish