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• News / Energy

  Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025

  Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in …

  Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
• News / Energy

  Inside China’s solar villages

  For a decade, solar power has been bringing opportunities to China’s villages. What does that mean today?

  Inside China’s solar villages
• News / Waste Management

  Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks

  The position had been vacant for four months amid a deadlock in negotiations for the treaty to curb …

  Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
• Opinion / Policy & Finance

  Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan

  Landslide election win strengthens push to link decarbonisation with economic security, boosting nuclear, domestic clean tech and state-led …

  Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
• News / Cities

  Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors

  The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published a new case study examining the financial risks that …

  Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
• News / Policy & Finance

  Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout

  The government shifts focus to rooftop solar and offshore wind, says power supply will remain stable despite regulatory …

  Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout