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

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

The central bank will extend its policy to support companies' carbon-reduction projects for three more years – up till the end of 2027

That was nearly as much as the climate change-related losses China suffered in the first six months of the year combined

July was China’s hottest in modern history, and the hot spell shows no sign of relenting in the east and south of the country

China is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and has set ambitious targets to cut down its emissions, including hitting peak carbon levels by 2030

Scientists have speculated that the region could be holding a huge amount of carbon, equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of the US