South Africa

Global Briefing: Shell overturns Dutch court order demanding 45 per cent cut in emissions

Politics

Global Briefing: Shell overturns Dutch court order demanding 45 per cent cut in emissions

Oil and gas giant reverses 2021 ruling in blow to climate campaigners, European Parliament delays landmark deforestation legislation by a year, and German city announces 2035 gas grid phase-out

clock 15 November 2024 • 6 min read
Global Briefing: White House pledges $4.3bn to US clean energy projects

Policy

Global Briefing: White House pledges $4.3bn to US clean energy projects

Biden administration funds 25 clean energy technology projects spanning 30 states, Chinese state-run oil and gas producer joins COP28 charter and German government defeated in ‘EU first’ air pollution case

clock 26 July 2024 • 8 min read
UK and South Africa announce clean technology mineral partnership

Supply chain

UK and South Africa announce clean technology mineral partnership

New Minerals for Future Clean Energy Technologies Partnership will promote responsible exploration, production, and processing of minerals in South Africa

clock 25 November 2022 • 3 min read
COP President looks to advance South Africa's flagship Just Energy Transition Partnership

Policy

COP President looks to advance South Africa's flagship Just Energy Transition Partnership

Alok Sharma travels to South Africa this week to confirm fresh funding for major sustainable development programme that experts hope could provide template for further deals

clock 20 June 2022 • 4 min read
COP26: Nigeria and South Africa beef up decarbonisation plans

Climate change

COP26: Nigeria and South Africa beef up decarbonisation plans

Nigeria becomes latest major emerging economy to set net zero goal, as South Africa teams up with industrialised nations for multi-billion dollar green investment push

clock 02 November 2021 • 3 min read
Global Briefing: China emissions on track to peak by mid 2020s

Energy

Global Briefing: China emissions on track to peak by mid 2020s

Plus Ford's major $11.8bn EV investment in the US, Germany's election fallout, the latest on India's NDC, and all the top green business news from around the world this week

clock 01 October 2021 • 9 min read
'Writing is on the wall for coal power': China to ditch overseas coal funding, as US vows to double climate finance

Politics

'Writing is on the wall for coal power': China to ditch overseas coal funding, as US vows to double climate finance

Hopes grow that COP26 Climate Summit could deliver a breakthrough, after two of the world's biggest emitters deliver key climate pledges

clock 22 September 2021 • 7 min read

Management

Global Briefing: In-person COP15 biodiversity talks braced for delay to 2022

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including EU's carbon border row with China, and fresh climate goals from Israel and Indonesia

clock 30 July 2021 • 7 min read

Energy

Global Briefing: China unveils long-awaited carbon trading market

All the top green business news from around the world this week including China's ETS, Japan's fossil fuel car ban, and Enel's African green power push

clock 08 January 2021 • 6 min read

Investment

'A moral imperative': Archbishop Tutu and Al Gore call for fossil fuel divestment

The veteran political campaigners drew parallels between the climate activism of young people like Greta Thunberg and anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s

clock 08 January 2020 • 2 min read