New coal power was brought online in China – and Indonesia, India, Vietnam and Japan – while there was a slowdown in closures in Europe and the US

The three state entities were among 57 fossil fuel and cement producers responsible for the bulk of the world's CO2 emissions since 2016, researchers said on Thursday

With sales of electric vehicles expected to account for 40% of the 23 million cars sold this year, China’s demand for gasoline (petrol) is predicted to peak by 2025

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has accused China of ‘distorting prices’ with its increased green tech production levels

There has been an unprecedented rise in sea water temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization's annual State of the Global Climate report

Five state financial institutions will provide loans to encourage companies to switch to low carbon production

China is well behind its goal to slash energy and carbon intensity, leading analysts say, with weak targets set for 2024 and no move to curb coal use

China looks set to install another 200 GW of solar power this year, while starting work on 80 GW of pumped storage projects, but not all the news is good

Researchers in Switzerland who evaluated three carbon capture techniques said the cost could be $280 to $580 a tonne, which was double some previous estimates

Utility-scale solar power is now the cheapest power source in 11 out of 15 Asia-Pacific countries, a new report said

US scientists to work with Singapore's water agency to build a plant that can remove 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide a day. Their firm then plans global deployment of the new CO2 removal tech

Emissions data fraud has been a big problem for China's carbon trading scheme, but State Council officials have drawn up new rules with far tougher penalties, which are set to be enforced in May