Good climate news this week 1 2023 marked peak emissions in the power sector 2 Investment in low-carbon electricity likely to be 10 times higher than investment in gas and coal power generation 3 Climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum to become Mexico's first woman president 4 World’s biggest solar plant at 5GW comes online in China, can power a small country 5 California 2023 sales of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks double v 2022 6 China plans new carbon measurement standards to boost climate efforts 7 UK EVs reach record 17.9% of new cars in May 8 UN chief calls for global fossil fuel ad ban 9 Australian pension fund found guilty of greenwashing 10 Sri Lanka brings net zero emissions goal forward 10 years to 2040

Good climate news this week 1 China's emissions may have peaked in 2023 (huge) 2 Emissions reductions provided $249b of climate and health benefits to the US in just 4 years (huge) 3 EU gives final approval for exit from Energy Charter Treaty 4 New EU law to hit gas imports with methane emissions limit 5 China to spend $828m on high-tech all-solid-state EV batteries 6 BYD unveils hybrid powertrain capable of 2,000km (1,250 miles) drive 7 62% of US voters back climate litigation against Big Oil 8 New EU law to up domestic green tech production 9 Edinburgh bans SUV and cruise ship ads

Good climate news this week 1 Top oceans court rules nations must reduce emissions 2 Deforestation down 22% in Brazilian Amazon and 30% in Colombian Amazon in 2023 3 India added 5 times more solar in 1Q24 v. a year ago 4 Wind overtakes gas as Britain’s #1 source of power 5 Texas generates more power from solar than coal for 1st time in March 6 Cement recycling breakthrough could slash sector emissions 7 Youth climate-change lawsuit targets Alaska LNG project 8 First-of-its-kind criminal case filed against fossil fuel company Total and its shareholders