BRUSSELS — European lawmakers voted Wednesday to move ahead with a plan to label some nuclear and natural gas power as “green” energy, a closely watched decision that could shape climate policy for years to come.

A climate risk stress test of major Chinese banks has shown a growing risk of defaults on loans to high carbon sectors faced with rising emissions costs.

More than 85 investment firms, academic organizations, and environmental groups from across Canada and around the world are lending their support to a climate-aligned finance bill.

The Resilience and Sustainability Trust aims to help countries prepare for climate shocks. Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and the Philippines are among those unlikely to qualify

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced it will create a new facility aimed at helping low-income and vulnerable middle-income countries address climate change and other longer-term structural challenges.

Only six months after the last guidelines, a new release gives more robust direction on greening China’s overseas projects, with focus on pollution, climate and biodiversity