Clean energy is a priority as China promises $100 billion of development funding – but don’t call it climate finance
China and India will see the biggest coal job losses and need to plan support for affected communities, Global Energy Monitor warns
From Beijing, climate envoy Xie Zhenhua stood firm against stronger rhetoric against coal, oil and gas deployed at UN headquarters
Only five of the G20 major economies made the cut for Antonio Guterres’ Climate Ambition Summit in New York, despite pressure from big powers
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
China is the world’s biggest manufacturer of renewable energy equipment and is making plans for how to dispose of it once it stops working
While China blocked a ban from this year’s seabed talks agenda, hopes are now high that it will be officially discussed next year
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US climate envoy John Kerry visited Beijing, re-starting talks on coal, methane and other climate issues
Heaps of new renewable energy are going up in China, but there’s more to an energy transition than hardware
A business coalition in South Africa’s energy heartland is fighting against plans to shut down coal plants.
If approved by the cabinet, India’s new electricity policy would end the construction of new coal-fired power plants after the planned 28 GW are built
India and China are trying to stop the G20 setting an end-date for the use of fossil fuels, highlighting different national circumstances instead
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Japanese engineering giant Mitsubishi has announced a major investment in carbon removal technology, despite continuing to run fossil fuel power plants.
Canada and the UK pushed for the inclusion of a 2030 deadline to end domestic coal-fired electricity. But their plan failed following strong opposition.
The International Finance Corporation is closing a loophole that allowed its financial clients to continue funding new coal projects
Energy security fears prompted Beijing to rapidly accelerate coal power plans last year, raising concerns about the country’s impact on greenhouse gas emissions
China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the first judicial document to encourage and guide case handling on carbon emissions
A new study has found that most energy transition models ask nations like China, India and South Africa to cut coal use twice as fast as developed countries ever did.