But new report warns world is still on track to comfortably exceed 2C temperature target
Investment of $51bn a year needed to put world back on track to limit global warming to 2C, International Energy Agency says
Financial Times reports that influential International Energy Agency is preparing to announce that global carbon emissions did not rise last year
Governor Jay Inslee publishes plan to introduce cap-and-trade scheme from mid-2016
Organisation says rollout of carbon capture technology will need to accelerate, as it predicts demand will rise over two per cent a year through to 2019
Leaders must send strong signal at Paris climate change conference to deliver four-fold increase in clean energy investment, Fatih Birol warns
Landmark report says subsidies are four time those received by renewables and warns energy system is struggling under the strain of rising demand
The figures green business leaders need to know from today's landmark report
Unlocking huge hydro and solar resources, as well as wind and geothermal, key to driving economic growth, International Energy Agency says
Report finds efficiency investments over the past 40 years have shed the equivalent of Europe's entire annual energy demand