Aaron Clark

Japan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a staunch defender of nuclear power who has vowed to put security at the heart of her government’s energy policy.

African nations should focus the vast majority of their climate action on adaptation rather than mitigation as the continent’s emissions represent only a sliver of the global total, according to a veteran politician.

Offshore wind development in the Netherlands is facing a range of challenges, including higher costs, said Sophie Hermans, the country’s minister for climate and green growth.

Efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions are falling short of what scientists say must be done to avoid catastrophic climate change. Whether countries will commit to more aggressive reductions is a pressing question for the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week.

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Research is reshaping the health protections deployed by governments and companies as the human and economic toll from a hotter world keeps mounting.

The Japanese government plans to raise $1.5 billion over the next three years for impact investing in Africa aimed at curbing the continent’s greenhouse gas emissions and supporting sustainable growth.

China’s 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 billion) mega-dam in Tibet will face strict scrutiny to access green financing because of the potential environmental and social impacts of large hydropower, according to Sustainable Fitch.

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Countries that fall short in efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C face growing legal risks that could push them to accelerate climate adaptation efforts.

An evolution of ESG-related investment to address a wider set of objectives can help support returns and economic growth, according to Japan’s ¥249.8 trillion ($1.7 trillion) pension fund that ranks among the world’s top green investors.

International negotiations have delivered mixed results in tackling climate change, so some people are turning to another tool in search of faster progress: litigation.

The European Union is looking to deepen trade agreements with India and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region as the bloc braces for US tariffs, a top official said.

New Zealand farms are piloting a low-cost solution to reduce climate pollution from cattle.

The world’s liquefied natural gas supply chains spew roughly 350 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year — more than Italy’s annual emissions. For roughly $100 billion, that climate footprint could be cut by 60%, according to the International Energy Agency.

New Zealand farms are piloting a low-cost solution to reduce climate pollution from cattle.

Taiwan, Japan and South Korea could form a single carbon market in the future, Taiwan Minister of the Environment Chi-Ming Peng said in an interview.

Large colonies of penguins in Antarctica have an ability to influence the atmosphere and could be helping reduce the impact of climate change, according to a scientific study.

China’s President Xi Jinping committed the world’s top polluter to more stringent curbs on greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade in global climate talks that took place without the US.

Australia’s biggest polluters have relied heavily on carbon credits to offset their climate footprint and made only small cuts to actual emissions, according to data released on Tuesday, in a major test of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s green reforms.