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China opposes ‘not realistic’ global fossil fuel phase-out

From Beijing, climate envoy Xie Zhenhua stood firm against stronger rhetoric against coal, oil and gas deployed at UN headquarters

Nineteen countries signed up to an India-led alliance this month to boost production of biofuels, but experts raise sustainability concerns

Brazil will go back to the climate targets it drew up in 2015 while it works on new and improved ones

There is a vicious cycle between fossil fuel reliance and debt, which helps explain why so many oil exporters are heavily indebted

The country is not moving away from coal yet, doesn’t want to hand rich nations a win and thinks the JETP terms aren’t good enough

The world’s largest economies agreed to push for a tripling of renewable energy capacity by 2030, but made no progress on oil and gas phaseout

The US, Germany and Italy have been accused of backsliding on a Glasgow promise to end public subsidies to fossil fuel projects overseas

Mexico is set for a green shift, as climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum faces pro-renewables senator Xóchitl Gálvez in next June’s elections

A joint statement forming the basis of Africa’s negotiating position for Cop28 is silent on the role of oil and gas

Countries are considering a global target to curb plastic production, not just focus on recycling as the industry wants

An Emirati coalition has announced a $450 million commitment to buy carbon credits generated in Africa but critics called offsets a “risky diversion”

Japan is trying to push fossil fuel-based technologies on the region like gas, fossil hydrogen, carbon capture and so-called clean coal

Debt-for-nature and debt-for-climate swaps are becoming more common, with Ecuador’s recent $1.6bn deal the biggest yet. How do they work?

Conflict over land can slow down climate projects, so developers must work with local communities from the outset

Paper packages are championed as an alternative to plastic but the eucalyptus plantations which feed the sector are fuelling disaster in Portugal

The Dutch foreign minister once worked for oil company Shell and will face tough questions over his climate record in the European Parliament

Known internationally as one of Africa’s climate champions, President Ruto faces a legal challenge over plans to restart commercial forestry

Projects in India linked to Enking, the self-proclaimed world’s largest carbon credits producer, have vastly overestimated climate benefits

Bolivia wants to chop down trees to grow soy, beef and palm oil while Venezuela is unwilling or unable to restrain illegal gold mining

The US, which long opposed a fund, wants it to focus on a narrow set of disasters in a small number of countries