Global Briefing

Africa set for green workforce boom, EU carbon emissions grew by one per cent in 2025, China sets ambitious electric HGV target, Amazon inks landmark wind energy deal, and G7 promises action on critical minerals

Oxford University finds city in southern Iraq is the world's most vulnerable to extreme temperatures, Kenya receives landmark climate funding, and the UN releases third World Ocean Assessment

Booming demand for off-grid solar systems confirmed, the EU advances plans for greener data centres, and Donald Trump moves to protect the ailing US coal industry

May temperatures in Saudi Arabia reaching extremes previously confined to summer , report finds countries can ‘dramatically impact’ plastic pollution without global consensus, and Spain earmarks €9bn for energy transition

OECD members surpass climate finance targets, Microsoft inks latest carbon removals deal, and new ultra low emission sake debuts in Japan

Tech giant to accelerate EV and battery production, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon hits eight-year low, and Nepal sees 'world first' drought insurance pay out

New report argues iconic city must 'transition people and the economy', Ghana needs to raise $22.6bn to tackle climate challenges, and study reveals France's nature protection 'blindspot'

President Trump's attacks on renewables continue, European air quality concerns continue, and a major green cement breakthrough is confirmed

Plus: Madagascar's 30x30 Biodiversity Plan; Aviva Investors backs carbon removal project in Colombia; and Tata Steel to pilot blast furnace decarbonisation technology in India

Plus: EU eyes electricity tax cuts, Japan's emissions hit record low, and island nations call for a 'fossil free Pacific', in our weekly round up of green business news from around the world