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While the US and EU impose tariffs in response, some developing economies see opportunities to benefit from China’s green manufacturing strengths.

The development of carbon capture technology has been slow, partly due to high costs. However, the American startup Captura is developing ocean carbon capture technology that promises to halve these costs.

A global treaty on plastics, which is being touted as the most important environmental treaty since the 2015 Paris Agreement, is set to be negotiated in South Korea over the next week.

Nations gather in South Korea this month for a final meeting on curbing plastic pollution. Who are the key players – and is a deal likely?

Tesla earned nearly 34 million carbon credits last year, ranking first in carbon credit sales. However, despite the growing trend toward vehicle electrification, the U.S. auto industry still faced a massive carbon emissions deficit last year.

Brazil’s new climate pledge, launched at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as two-thirds by 2035 compared to 2005 levels.

After intense debates, an agreement to increase climate financing was reached, though many countries remain dissatisfied with the outcome. In addition to the financing agreement, what other key developments took place at this year's summit?

As the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance approaches at COP29, China’s stance is drawing significant attention.

COP29 released a draft climate finance proposal on Nov. 21, but key details regarding the scale, sources, and mechanisms of the funding remain unclear. This leaves member countries with the challenge of reaching a consensus in the coming days.

India and a group of countries including the U.S. and Germany will not agree on a so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a key international deal that was meant to promote the South Asian nation’s climate-friendly transition.