Australia

Turkey emerges as sole remaining bidder to host next year’s UN Climate Summit, but deal expected to see Australia chair the negotiations

Greenpeace warns forest clearance in the Amazon is creating an air pollution crisis, plus Australia offers free clean energy and PepsiCo ramps up regenerative farming plans

Updated NDC confirms new goal to cut emissions by 62-70 per cent by 2035 against 2005 levels - but campaigners warn more ambition is needed

Plus eight countries back global solidarity climate finance levies on aviation, UN warns droughts are 'a slow moving global catastrophe', and renewables overtake coal power in Poland

Major 10 year study reviews how combining livestock production and carbon projects on Australian farmland enabled diversified revenue streams

Re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vows to lead a government for "every Australian who knows that climate change is a challenge we must act together to meet"

Australia confirms new fossil fuel finance policy, the World Bank announces $100bn of development funding, and plans advance of e-mobility services in East Africa

Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese confirm net zero pact and discuss free trade agreements between the two nations on the sidelines of this week's Commonwealth Summit

Investors representing trillions of dollars in assets under management join forces at COP16 to call on governments worldwide for urgent action on the nature crisis

Also this week, the Australian government gets flak over its nature conservation claims, Equinor increases its stake in Ørsted, and France trims its EV subsidy budget