The deal between Standard Chartered bank and UK-based start-up UNDO could open up a new path to financing for the carbon removals industry

Carbon dioxide removal is estimated to become a $100 billion industry by 2030, provided it can be scaled up

Researchers say India burns a huge amount of solid waste – equivalent to that of Indonesia, Nigeria, China and Russia combined

Britain’s reliance on coal for electricity is set to end, over 140 years after it opened the world’s first coal-fired power station in London in 1882

Greenhouse gas emissions by the global data centre industry are forecast to amount to about 40% of what the US emits in a year by 2030

The device would funnel all emissions from a ship’s engine, creating new salinated water, and dump it into the ocean

Analysts speculate that the reduction in approvals could be the result of so many projects being given the go-ahead last year

Asian economies are particularly vulnerable to torrential rains and storms, which can make up for 80% of the extreme weather events in the region

A recent report saying carbon offsets were ‘largely ineffective’ could lead firms to abandon or pare back investment in nature and carbon removals

That was nearly as much as the climate change-related losses China suffered in the first six months of the year combined

China is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and has set ambitious targets to cut down its emissions, including hitting peak carbon levels by 2030

The move is significant given estimates that the carbon removal industry could earn up to $100 billion a year by 2030, but remains plagued by scepticism