Global Briefing

France orders oil giant to take down climate neutrality claim, MEPs back new soil monitoring law, and electric aircraft head for Korea

New carbon market standards, renewables goals for South East Asia, and another US clean energy project could be blocked

Plus: Ørsted to slash 2,000 jobs, Mars invests in 100 Polish solar projects, and Octopus Energy joins €200bn European industry decarbonisation drive

Report attributes Spain and Portugal blackouts to 'cascading overvoltages', Pope Leo hits out at climate change deniers, and Trump administration cancels $8bn for climate projects

Top footballers warn summer World Cups are under threat from climate impacts, Octopus Energy continues German expansion plans, and Canada pauses EV mandate

Plus: Shell scraps its Rotterdam biofuels project, Spain has a new climate emergency plan, and India's state-run coal miner eyes 5GW of renewable power projects, in our roundup of all the top global green business stories this week

India's solar surge continues to accelerate, China moves to tighten its carbon market, and a German court cracks down on 'carbon neutral' claims

Europe's fire season has been the most damaging on record, data shows China's carbon emissions fell in the first half of the year, and plans advance for Sweden's first small modular reactor

The US is calling on countries to reject carbon pricing proposals, as EV sales soar, and COP30 concerns rumble on

Plus New Zealand ends ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, Iberdrola agrees to sell business in Mexico, and Whole Foods Market maps 1,000 acre ‘biodiversity highway’