Global Briefing

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

Google provides a major boost for the nuclear sector, as BlackRock faces fresh complaints from ClientEarth and campaigners warns ocean protection efforts are floundering

Also this week, the Australian government gets flak over its nature conservation claims, Equinor increases its stake in Ørsted, and France trims its EV subsidy budget

Environment Ministers signal support for Brazilian plan for new forest funding, ClientEarth launches French legal challenge over trawling, and Colombia unveils green investment plan

COP29 negotiations, US biochar deals, and Indonesian recycling plants all feature in this week's round up of green business stories from around the world

Microsoft signs first nuclear PPA with Constellation Energy, a new CCS plant opens in Europe, and the World Bank mobilises record levels of climate finance

Africa faces clean tech opportunities and climate impacts, Poland sets new renewables goals, and plans advance for COP29 advance in this week's Global Briefing

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

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