Bloomberg China aims to be carbon neutral by 2060, tightening its target to cut greenhouse-gases, and signaled higher spending on green technologies in the next five years, major pledge in the fight against climate change by the planet’s worst polluter. President Xi Jinping, speaking during a virtual United Nations General Assembly, also reiterated his goal for emissions to peak before ...

Bloomberg CleanCapital, a New York-based renewables investor that manages more than $500 million in assets, is looking to raise up to $500 million in corporate equity to invest in solar and battery-storage projects. The company is talking to pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign-wealth funds and infrastructure funds focussed on North America that are seeking long-term investments, said CEO Thomas Byrne. ...

Bloomberg Australia will invest $154 million in new diesel storage facilities and introduce other measures aimed at shoring up the nation’s struggling refining industry and bolstering domestic fuel security. A$200 million will be used to create an additional 780 megalitres (4.9 million barrels) of onshore diesel storage space, Angus Taylor, the country’s minister for energy and emissions reduction, said in ...