China’s provinces have overseen a coal plant building spree in the first half of the year, in a bid to revive the Covid pandemic-hit economy
US, Russia are among many G20 nations helping coal, oil and gas more than clean energy as part of recovery packages, a major study will show
Climate watchers are cautiously hopeful Beijing will not turn to polluting infrastructure to rebuild the economy, but specific assurances are lacking
Beijing could wait for the results of the US presidential election in November before it announces an update to its climate plan
Premature deaths from air pollution in China could fall by 50,000-100,000 if economic downturn lasts a year, study estimates
UN says some countries will only submit climate action plans in the last quarter of 2020, giving less time than hoped to take stock before Cop26
The biodiversity talks taking place in China later this year require a legacy that can stand the test of time, rather than a cosmetic victory
UN agencies and the Chinese government are holding consultations to decide whether next month’s meeting can go ahead as planned
The retired minister oversaw a shift from defending China’s ‘right to emit’ to become a key creator of the Paris Agreement
European leaders hope to strike a bargain with Beijing next September. What the EU can offer China to bring down its emissions is unclear
In Siberia, an illicit timber industry feeds factories in China. But one of Russia’s fiercest environmentalists is on patrol
World’s largest and fourth largest emitters said the onus remained on the countries historically responsible for climate change to move money
Without green policy controls, $12tn programme could promote development that would compromise the goals of the Paris Agreement, report finds
‘Don’t underestimate the difficulties China is facing,’ a top official said ahead of a key UN summit designed to accelerate climate action
UN farming chief is the latest top job to be filled from Beijing, as China promotes ‘ecological civilisation’ and promises to green its foreign investment drive
In a joint statement with France, the world’s biggest emitter declared an intention to upgrade its contribution to the Paris Agreement
Joe Biden, who tops opinion polls in the Democratic primaries, pledges to build a coalition of nations to scrub dirty energy from China’s belt and road programme
The protection of nature is a major weapon against the climate crisis, but it remains on the periphery of diplomacy and finance. That might be changing
At the belt and road summit in Beijing, leaders talked up sustainable development, while investors forged ahead with polluting power projects in partner countries
More than 30 heads of state arrive in Beijing to court its massive outward investment plan, but the UN chief and others warn the investments must be sustainable