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 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.

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 Biden administration has pledged that the US will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 61% over the next decade, Bloomberg reports.

At COP29 in Baku, developed-country parties such as the EU, the US and Japan agreed to help raise “at least” $300bn a year by 2035 for climate action in developing countries. Yet it faced a strong ...

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Ahead of Donald Trump’s second term as US president, a rerun of his first trade war with China is firmly on the cards – and minerals key to the energy transition may end up in the crossfire. The ...

Expert analysis direct to your inbox. Every weekday morning, in time for your morning coffee, Carbon Brief sends out a free email known as the “Daily Briefing” to thousands of subscribers around the ...

Expert analysis direct to your inbox. Every weekday morning, in time for your morning coffee, Carbon Brief sends out a free email known as the “Daily Briefing” to thousands of subscribers around the ...

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.

A new action plan “outlining standards for upgrades [for the raw materials industry] over the next three years” was issued by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and three ...