China

From 2016 China will cut subsidy rate offered to wind and solar projects to reflect falling construction costs

Chinese firm withdraws from minimum pricing scheme in protest at "misinterpretation" of trading rules following Commission's decision to extend measures past expiry date

Government advisory group will work with Chinese climate advisors to develop joint programme on climate risk assessment

Air pollution issues in China and India's shift to renewables are putting the world's coal market on a downward trend

Beijing closes schools and warns citizens to stay inside as city is blanketed once more in heavy smog

Minimum pricing rules for solar panels from China were due to expire yesterday, but they remain in place after European Commission launched a review into their use

New text suggests negotiations are edging forward, but funding issues continue to overshadow climate talks in Paris as G77 warn over language in draft text

New report finds over half of clean energy investments went to 55 emerging markets last year

Booming demand for renewables and a slump in new coal plants will help drive the world to a low carbon future, predicts the IEA

Coal consumption has fallen by as much as 4.6 per cent so far this year as US and China channels increased investment into renewables, according to a new analysis from Greenpeace