Chile currently gets between 35-40% of its electricity from coal but the the country's environment minister has just hailed "the beginning of the end of coal".
In August, six electric barges will set sail between Belgium and the Netherlands. Electric barges have the potential to greatly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the transportation industry.
The small Central America nation of Belize has decided to indefinitely end all new oil exploration in its waters.
French President Emmanuel Macron took the initiative to convene the One Planet Summit. Though this summit is not a donor conference, participants pledged a host of financial commitments to fight climate change.
The World Bank group will abandon financing upstream oil and gas projects from 2019 and focus on energy transformation, as announced by World Bank Group President at the One Planet Summit in Paris, France.
The action will prevent 10 million metric tons of carbon emissions.
Led by Britain and Canada, nations form the Power Past Coal Alliance to phase out use of the dirtiest fossil fuel — but big emitters remain absent.
The world’s second largest mining company, is selling off its coal mines with the goal of getting out of the business.
The Italian Industry Minister announced that by 2025, the country seeks to phase out coal power plants.
Oxford in the UK wants to become the world's first carbon emission-free city by 2035, with a plan to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles from the city centre over the next 20 years.
To limit the average global temperature rise to two degrees Celsius, the future will involve a mix of new technologies, business scenarios and personal decisions.
The country’s ambitious plans to stem climate change will be a challenge.
The Low Carbon Economy Fund will support projects that will generate clean growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions towards meeting or exceeding commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Sweden recently passed a law to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero by 2045.