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FILE PHOTO: Tesla China-made Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Tesla’s China-made EV sales grow 19.2% y/y in Sept

Tesla's China-made electric vehicles rose 19.2 per cent in September from a year earlier, data from the China Passenger Car Association showed on...

FILE PHOTO: The Lloyd's of London building is reflected in a window in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson//File Photo
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Lloyd’s of London must stop supporting fossil fuel expansion, says NGO

The Lloyd's of London market is undermining climate action and should impose binding rules to prevent insurers supporting fossil fuel expansion, NGO Reclaim...

Canadian federal climate policies and investments look increasingly fragile. Could ‘carbon contracts for difference’ help ensure the survival of long-term climate action in Canada? (Shutterstock)
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‘Carbon contracts for difference’ are not a silver bullet for climate action

Canadian climate policies appear fragile — could carbon contracts for difference secure long-term climate action and investments?

FILE PHOTO: Blacktip sharks swim off Santa Cruz Island, part of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.   Picture taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos/File Photo
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Ecuador nature deal scrutiny has not slowed work on debt swaps, IDB says

An enquiry into Ecuador's debt-for-nature swap has not slowed work on the instruments, president of the Inter-American Development Bank said.

FILE PHOTO: Members of the media stand beside an electric driven Actros truck at the booth of German truckmaker Daimler Truck at the IAA Transportation fair, which will open its doors to the public on September 20, 2022, in Hanover, Germany, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
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Daimler Truck Q3 sales drop 11%, dragged down by Mercedes brand, Asia

The world's biggest truckmaker delivered 114,917 units in July through September, versus 128,861 in the same period last year.

Climate groups are calling on the Government to fund the transition to clean energy for oil and gas workers (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Call for £1.9bn a year to help UK oil and gas workers move into clean energy

Climate groups urge £1.9B yearly to support oil workers transitioning to renewables, calling for UK funding through 2030.

FILE PHOTO: The Fitch Ratings logo is seen at their offices at Canary Wharf financial district in London,Britain, March 3, 2016.  REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File Photo
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Fitch says decarbonisation of world economy progressing far too slowly

World CO2 emissions rose by 1.8 per cent last year compared to world gross domestic product growth of 2.9 per cent, a Fitch...

FILE PHOTO: High-voltage power lines, an electricity pylon and wind turbines are seen near Pedrola, Spain, December 12, 2021. Picture taken on December 12, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo
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Renewable energy to fall short of UN goal to triple by 2030, IEA says

Renewable energy will meet nearly half of electricity demand by 2030 but fall short of the U.N. goal to triple capacity, IEA reports.

A recent study found storms as powerful as Hurricane Helene were used to be expected once every 130 years but now occur closer to once every 53 years on average (NOAA)
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Climate change made deadly Hurricane Helene more intense: study

The study also found that fossil fuels — the primary cause of climate change — have made hurricanes like Helene 2.5 times more...

A Manila coal plant could be a model for how developing countries can quit polluting fossil fuel (AFP)
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Can carbon credits help close coal plants?

A Philippine coal plant could close early by converting to renewables, funded through carbon credits to cut emissions.

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