Critics said a handful of oil producers fought efforts at UN talks in Korea to cut plastic production and were only willing to act on plastic waste

Steelmakers from South Korea, India, Japan and China were among the biggest laggards in the shift to renewables, with some still depending entirely on fossil fuels for production

But the world’s second-largest economy still needs to navigate major challenges to meet its overall climate goals — the biggest being a booming demand for power

The Russian central bank moved on Thursday to stop foreign buying of the ruble in the domestic market after the currency slipped to its lowest since March 2022

New president says Indonesia plans to build 75 GW of renewable power by 2040, and analysts say the goal seems unlikely as the country has over 250 coal power plants

India's plan to shift from coal to clean energy is being slowed by a shortage of skilled manpower, plus doubts by states' power distribution firms and a lack of infrastructure to handle with the transition

President-elect warns of imposing 10% tariff "above any additional tariffs" on imports from China, saying Beijing has not taken strong enough action to stop the flow of illicit drugs to the US via Mexico

Delegates adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target to help poor nations cope with climate change, but that outcome left some countries angry and disgusted

British miner AngloAmerican has sold its Australian coal mines to Peabody, the US energy firm, for up to $3.8 billion

Prices of Adani bonds fell further on Monday, while parliament was suspended amid an uproar over US charges laid against billionaire Gautam Adani, who has close ties with PM Narendra Modi

Dhaka is reviewing its deal with Adani Power, as the firm has been charging Bangladesh a rate much higher than power producers in India

The US has added 30 more Chinese firms to its official blacklist for companies whose products are banned because of forced labour involving Uyghurs