Last year was significant for energy and climate developments in China. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions growth hovered close to 2023 levels throughout the year, raising the possibility of China’s CO2 ...

Despite coal-power output in the US falling to its lowest level in nearly 60 years, greenhouse gas emissions fell by just 0.2% in 2024.

A wildfire fanned by strong winds tore through an affluent Los Angeles neighbourhood yesterday, forcing 30,000 people to evacuate, and more climate news.

President Joe Biden has announced a "permanent stop” to new oil and gas drilling across more than 625m acres of coastal waters around the US ...

The UK’s electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, new Carbon Brief analysis shows, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade. This is because the UK ...

Donald Trump has criticised the UK government’s energy policy with a call to “open up” North Sea oil and gas production and “get rid of windmills” ...

Separately, 2024 was Australia’s second hottest year on record, reports the Guardian. Data from the Bureau of Meteorology found that, last year, the country was 1.46C above the “long-term average” ...

Tesla has recorded its “first ever drop” in annual sales, against a backdrop of growing competition from Chinese rivals, and more in climate news.

The number of new coal plants under development in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region has reached record lows since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015.