Travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the disease have idled much of the world’s second-largest economy and choked key elements of President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

An analysis of Asia’s worst ocean polluters shows Malaysians are the biggest individual consumers of plastic packaging, WWF said, urging the government to limit single-use plastics and work with companies to fund a recycling push.

The British government will invest $1.6 billion in what it says is the world’s most powerful supercomputer to provide more accurate weather and climate forecasts.

European corporate disclosures on climate change and other sustainability issues are generally poor, a study showed, as regional policymakers mull toughening up the rules.

Norway should reduce its dependence on income from its sovereign wealth fund and the petroleum revenue from which it was built, the country’s central bank governor said.

As harvests fall and hunger rises on a warming planet, the United Nations plans to use new financial tools and work with banks and other partners to help fill a gaping hole in agricultural investment over the next decade.

Global air pollution from burning fossil fuels costs $8 billion each day, more than 3% of the value of goods and services produced daily, as people fall sick, miss work and need medical care, according to a report.

German automakers Volkswagen and Daimler have launched a study to push for more “sustainable” lithium mining in Chile, according to lobbyist filings, a sign of growing supply chain concerns ahead of an expected electric vehicle boom.

Zimbabwe has been slow to embrace satellite-based systems for its agricultural sector, but now the country is seeing the benefits of using the technology to help farmers adapt to the impact of climate change.

It is up to governments to drive decarbonisation and consumers will have to pay more to achieve carbon neutrality, Total’s chief executive said, adding the French firm has no intention of moving away from oil and gas production.