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Helsinki shutters its last utility scale coal power plant, Brazil appoints its COP30 champion, and Apple ramps up China renewables investment

Brazilian Presidency outlines vision for this year's UN Climate Summit, but plans to accelerate decarbonisation efforts stand in stark contrast to latest attacks on the clean energy transition from the Trump administration and the oil and gas industry...

Sixty per cent of banana-growing regions will struggle to grow the fruit without urgent action to tackle climate change, study warns

UNFCCC executive secretary Simon Stiell describes climate action as 'a money-making opportunity too big to ignore' in first major speech of a crucial year for climate diplomacy

Reports suggest Brazil has appointed its chief climate negotiator to lead this year's UN Climate Summit, which is set to take place in the Amazonian city of Belém in November

2024 will likely see another record year of coal, oil and gas consumption, but renewables trends mean the global energy market is nearing a turning point, new analysis claims

UPDATED: Countries join new push to tackle barriers to the clean energy transition, as Ministers at COP29 wait on fresh negotiating texts to be released overnight

The Brazilian government releases data confirming it is making progress in tackling deforestation, as the UAE unveils a new national climate plan and there is bad news for Sweden's wind energy industry

Over 70 leaders representing business, science, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples publish open letter urging governments to deliver bolder action at Biodiversity and Climate Summits

Global Witness claims its investigation shows COP28 was a 'fossil fuel festival' as it called for polluters to be banned from future conferences