World's largest mining company accused of basing its climate targets on emissions pathway that is inapproporiate for coal producers
Government tells Friends of the Earth it needs more time to consider 'complex matter'
BusinessGreen sits down with CEO of the International Council of Mining and Metals to discuss the battery gold rush and the potential for a 'sustainable' mining boom in Europe
Plus Germany energy efficiency funding, global coal demand rises, and the rest of the top green business news from around the world this week
Partnership comes as Global Energy Monitor report warns steel industry faces $518bn of stranded assets unless measures to decarbonise are taken now
Latest projections show global energy investment set to rise eight per cent this year, driven by surging investment in clean energy infrastructure
Alok Sharma travels to South Africa this week to confirm fresh funding for major sustainable development programme that experts hope could provide template for further deals
Move lamented by climate activists, but Business Secretary says move necessary to guard against growing threat to energy security sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine
But draft proposal to set hard deadline for phase out of coal-powered electricity is struck from final version of agreement
Environment and energy ministers from world’s leading seven economies meet in Berlin this week to amid pressure to ramp up climate and nature commitments