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Visitors look at a video about battery-powered ships in the showroom at the headquarters of Chinese EV battery maker CATL in Ningde, Fujian province.
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Climate finance talks face ‘hardest’ stage as COP29 nears end-game

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FILE PHOTO: Containers sit at a terminal at the Yangshan deepwater port during an organised media tour, in Shanghai, China October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Casey Hall/File Photo
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Governments around the globe are ploughing billions of dollars into fossil fuel subsidies.

CATL's EV platform code-named "Panshi" is seen on display for customers and staff, at the Chinese battery maker's headquarters in Ningde, Fujian province, China November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Zoey Zhang
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Chinese giant CATL pushes beyond batteries into power grids, EV platforms

Robin Zeng, CATL’s founder, is transforming it from the top EV battery supplier to a green-energy giant and low-cost EV enabler.

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Opinion: Copper views Trump win through Chinese lens

Trump's 2024 U.S. election win hasn’t reignited copper prices, unlike his 2016 victory, as market focus shifts to China's economy.

FILE PHOTO: President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Multilateral development banks are stepping into climate breach: EBRD President

Multilateral development banks are boosting green investments, with the EBRD focusing on climate action amid global trade tensions and U.S. policy uncertainty.

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles drive past the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference posters, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit

China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue...

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A second Trump term could further isolate the U.S. from global climate action, risking setbacks as world powers adapt to fill the void.

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