Good climate news this week 1 International Court of Justice begins historic 2-week hearing on 2 December on obligations that countries have to cut emissions, and what happens if they don't 2 Japan looks to cut emissions by 60% by 2035 compared to 2013 levels, up from 46% by 2030 3 Global EV market share tops 17%, as petrol and diesel sales stall 4 China’s sales of electric vehicles and hybrids reach tipping point, accounting for more than 50% of car sales in 4 months from July 5 Australia in $500m for social housing electrification, bans fossil fuel subsidies 6 China world's fastest greening nation, with forests up 4m hectares/ year from 2000-2015 and 2m hectares/ year from 2015-2022 7 India delivers 80% of its 2030 land restoration target, restoring 18.94m hectares 8 China on track to cut coal's share of annual electricity generation to below 60% for 1st time 9 Record renewables go into the Australian grid in 2024, generating 45% of electricity in 2025, on track for 82% by 2030 10 Maine becomes latest US state to sue oil companies over climate change 11 California to step-in if federal US EV incentives are ended