The world is facing its "first truly global energy crisis" but IEA chief says that has sped up the transition to clean, renewable sources of power.

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida said the two nations had been working to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific under "an increasingly severe strategic environment"

Australia and Japan are expected to update their security agreement, given China's aggressive posturing over Taiwan and the South China Sea. But Tokyo also wants help with its energy transition

Located in the desert region of Al Khrasaah, the 800-megawatt facility is "one of the biggest" in the Middle East, the paper said.

"It will support our transition to net zero emissions as well as create jobs in green sectors," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said

A US-led group met with African nations recently to bolster supply chains needed for the clean energy transition in a bid to "challenge Chinese dominance" in critical minerals

Mining giant expects global steel consumption to increase by 42 million tonnes in 2030 and 76m tonnes in 2050, due to soaring demand for solar and wind power equipment.

China provided 5.37 million renewable energy jobs last year – more than the US, the EU, South America and Africa put together, the International Labour Organization said

Pakistan could also forgo loan repayments to invest in climate-change resilient infrastructure instead, the UNDP said

The world's largest exporter of coal wants to retire some coal plants early and nearly double the proportion of renewable power sources in its energy mix to 23% by 2025

Toyota now plans to outlay $3.9 billion on an EV battery plant in North Carolina, it said on Wednesday, partly because of rising consumer demand.

Industry ministry orders officials and firms to eliminate illegal activities in the sector, after the IEA called for a more diverse supply chain to reduce China's PV manufacturing dominance