Wildfires in Southeast Asia were among the causes in the switch which saw one of the Earth's major carbon sinks collapse in 2023

A bloc of developing countries has accused wealthy nations of a lack of transparency in their approach to climate financing while seeking to "dilute their legal obligations" to help poorer economies

Scientists blame human-influenced climate change for the rise in temperatures which has seen a warmer-than-usual Antarctic winter

Scientists at Cambridge University have found that throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces purifies the iron and “reactivates” the cement

'Coal-fired power will still play a role in guaranteeing energy security for a certain period of time,' China's top economic planner said

Pushback on the timeline for the switch away from fossil fuels is casting a shadow over lithium, cobalt and copper projects, claim industry players

Big Tech is struggling to deal with the huge rise in energy emissions driven by AI expansion

Chinese officials have warned the world's second-largest economy faces hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change

Latest numbers out of China indicate the country's carbon emissions may have peaked last year

Authorities in China approved 7.1m tons of new steelmaking capacity in the first half, but it was all cleaner scrap-based electric arc furnace projects, researchers say. Meanwhile, the US has imposed tariffs on Chinese steel imported via Mexico

Carbon removal — which researchers say is essential to achieve net negative CO2 emissions — is yet to gain ground in India as officials remain focused on carbon capture and storage

Modi government has asked power companies to order $33 billion worth of equipment this year to ramp up more coal power for the rest of this decade