Global Briefing

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

Reports reveal Beijing intends to extend carbon market to cover steel, cement, and aluminium plants, Indonesia hopes to advance $20bn clean energy fund, and BYD celebrates latest milestone

Germany's new government vows to ramp up clean energy spending, Saudi Aramco debuts its first direct air capture project, and the EU unveils is latest steel action plan

The US renewables sector reaches a new milestone, China announces major new clean energy plans, and the EU proposes more flexibility for auto emissions targets

Plus hydrogen storage boost for Sweden's HYBRIT green steel project, hundreds fired at US climate science body NOAA, and French insect protein start-up Ÿnsect files for insolvency

Plus Northvolt sells heavy industry battery business to Scania, China’s clean energy and fossil fuel funding gap narrows, and EU to loosen state aid rules to boost green projects, in our round up of the world's top green business news this week

Plus INEOS All Blacks rugby sponsorship row, plans for giant $5bn Saudi net zero data centre hub, and all the top green business news from around the world this week

The European aviation industry updates its net zero roadmap, New Zealand's new NDC disappoints campaigners, and Germany and Saudi Arabia advance green hydrogen plans

Analysts forecast drop in fossil-fuelled power output, Ecuador signs deal for $30m in climate finance, and the DRC is set to create Earth's largest protected tropical forest reserve