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Amid increasing energy prices, Filipinos are turning to solar – but upfront costs mean it remains out of reach for those who most need savings.

Announced on 22 October at the UN biodiversity conference COP17 in Armenia, the project seeks to raise at least CNY 10 million (USD 1.4 million) through a bond to be issued by the Qinghai branch of the People’s Bank of China.

A Chinese firm is deploying data servers to the sea for natural cooling. Experts say more information on their environmental impacts is needed before expansion

As world leaders prepare to gather in Armenia for the UN biodiversity conference, discussions over Digital Sequence Information are reaching a tipping point.

Countries embrace clean energy but resist cutting fossil fuel production. That fault line is now shaping the UN's first transition roadmap, due at COP31 in November.

The region must strengthen grids and clean energy capacity to incorporate AI for efficiency, experts say. But in China, the technology is no silver bullet for decarbonising energy systems.

With the country dominating nickel exports, its moves towards green industry could make the greatest impacts.

It can strengthen energy security and bring investment and employment closer to demand, write two academics.