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.

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 ...

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, Carbon Brief analysis shows, with CO2 emissions per unit falling by 2/3 in a decade.

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” ...

The number of new coal plants under development in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region has reached record lows s... Read More ...

The number of new coal plants under development in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region has reached record lows s... Read More ...

China is the world’s most populous nation and largest current emitter of greenhouse gases. How – and, crucially, when – this vast, complex nation fully decarbonises its surging economy is one of the ...

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