A report shows that it is technically and economically feasible for China to simultaneously become a fully developed economy and reach net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century.

The analysis estimates that in London and Paris alone, the emissions of Uber taxi services could be as high as half a megatonne of CO2. This is equivalent to adding the CO2 emissions of an extra 250,000 privately owned cars to the road.

A former researcher at Bayer-owned Monsanto in the United States was arrested after being accused of stealing software Monsanto had developed to help farmers optimize their crops and of using the technology in a new job in China, Bloomberg reports.

A study links green areas to lower rates of premature death: “More green space is better for health, people actually live longer if there is more green space around,” one of the authors said.

High-tech solutions to make cities greener already exist – from local clean power grids to electric transport hubs and intelligent buildings – but deploying them fast enough to curb climate change is a challenge.

32 percent of ultrafine dust in South Korea can be attributed to China, reports South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. However, the annual average concentrations of fine dust pollution have declined at the monitoring sites.

The world’s major fossil fuel polluters plan to produce fuels by 2030 at levels between 50-120% over Paris Agreement targets, a UN study showed.

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has become the latest British arts organisation to end sponsorship projects with BP, labeling association with the multinational oil and gas company giant as being “at odds” with addressing the climate emergency. BP has expressed disappointment, criticizing an increasing polarization of debate.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to the worst level of deforestation since 2008, heaping further pressure on the environmental policy of President Jair Bolsonaro who favors developing the Amazon region economically.

According to a recent Swiss National Bank’s assessment, the threat posed by climate change to Switzerland’s economic and financial stability appears to be moderate at present. These risks and the assessment of associated exposure could change, however.