Critics said a handful of oil producers fought efforts at UN talks in Korea to cut plastic production and were only willing to act on plastic waste

Prices of Adani bonds fell further on Monday, while parliament was suspended amid an uproar over US charges laid against billionaire Gautam Adani, who has close ties with PM Narendra Modi

COP29 hosts released a new draft of a deal that would see developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion a year by 2035, but the mood in Baku was grim on Friday

New fee announced at COP29 aims to deter methane emissions, but incoming president Donald Trump – a climate sceptic – is expected to scrap it

Asian Development Bank urges countries to speed up transition to clean energy, saying trillions of dollars in coastal assets are at risk because of continued use of fossil fuels

NASA reveals first images from Carbon Mapper's Tanager-1 satellite, exposing a landfill in Karachi, a coal power plant in Africa and a Texas oilfield

President Xi said at a summit in Beijing last month that from December goods from least developed countries with diplomatic ties to China would not be subject to import duties

Modi said BRICS should not project itself as an alternative to global bodies, but rather try to reform organisations and help humanity.

Justice Dept rules would ban the relay of data on government personnel and put limits on business transactions if data was likely to end in "countries of concern"

Carmaker showed off possible uses for hydrogen fuel cells at an event in Japan this week, as part of its shift toward a clean energy future

EC president warns Li Qiang that China 'must adapt its behaviour' to resolve EV tariff row, as EU starts probe of 'Russian plywood' imported from China

A top US scientist says the world is "miles from where we should be" on curbing methane emissions. Far greater funds and activity is needed to reduce emissions, which he said were "accelerating".