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China talks up its manufacturing plans, Ireland appoints a Just Transition Commission, and NatWest sets out European solar investment strategy

Latest monthly update reveals how China's EV and rail boom is eating into global fossil fuel demand and dampening oil prices

Plus EU faces green taxonomy legal challenge, a €300m boost for Baltic renewables, and climate-friendly food is on the menu for COP29 in our roundup of the top green business news from around the world this week

Carbon credit standards setter says 'unprecedented' action 'should send a signal that inclusion in the Verra Registry is a sign of integrity and quality'

Also this week: The world’s biggest solar ‘precinct’ gets green light, Northvolt to close San Francisco R&D centre, and ICJ to hold public hearings on climate obligations

China's clean tech boom gathers pace, green groups welcome Tim Walz's climate policy record, and fears grow over coral bleaching

Biden administration funds 25 clean energy technology projects spanning 30 states, Chinese state-run oil and gas producer joins COP28 charter and German government defeated in ‘EU first’ air pollution case

Data for March indicates world's largest emitter could have achieved a landmark peak in its CO2 emissions seven years early, analysis finds

China and US remain at loggerheads over green subsidies, Germany advances green hydrogen plans, and Climeworks continues carbon removals push