UN chief Antonio Guterres says rich nations must stop signing oil and gas deals, as they risk a "worldwide catastrophe" that imperils island states and coastal cities everywhere

"If you stop importing oil, Putin will face huge challenges [for his war effort]," Zelensky told India media

Groups such as Greenpeace are demanding an end to single-use plastic sachets, and other robust measures as UN states and experts gather in Bangkok to discuss a global plastics treaty

The National Development and Reform Commission said the money should be targeted at coal power plants and the country’s grid

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

Funds have been dumping industrials and buying energy stocks, amid expectation the oil and gas sector will boom if Trump wins the US election, Goldman Sachs says

Official data on Thursday showed industrial output grew 5.1% from a year earlier, slowing from June, but retail sales rose 2.7% in July

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

China has admitted that the anchor of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel ripped apart an important gas pipeline from Finland to Estonia in the Baltic Sea in late 2022

Customs data on Wednesday showed China's imports were boosted by greater chip imports, but exports rose by the slowest pace in three months, which adds to concern about the trade outlook

The Nikkei in Japan suffers its biggest ever one-day loss, plummeting by a whopping 13%, while Taiwanese and Korean shares both sank by more than 8%.