One particular clean energy fund delivered returns unsurpassed by not just the sustainable investment space last year, but the entire UK fund world. In the 12...
One in three people worldwide are now overweight, with the number of obese individuals rising to nearly a billion in developing countries that are experiencing increasing...
Amid concerns of an ageing population China has further eased its one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children if one parent is an only child,...
Billionaires’ collective fortunes have doubled worldwide since 2009, with Asia seeing a 13% increase in the number of the super rich, while Europe experienced a decline....
China’s central banked has pumped $5bn (£3.1bn) into the country’s banking system after interest rates rose by around 2%. The People’s Bank of China made the...
China must pay 1.75 trillion yuan (£177 billion) to tackle its air pollution crisis, according to Wang Jinnan, deputy head of the Chinese Academy for Environmental...
China’s recent concern over pollution and climate change may result in a shift in coal consumption, particularly affecting Australian coal assets, a new report has said....
Air pollution from China’s coal plants was responsible for over 250,000 premature deaths in 2011, while also harming hundreds of thousands of Chinese children, according to...
Norway, New Zealand and France are the top three countries that manage to deliver secure and accessible energy, balancing affordability with sustainability, a new report has...
China is inadequately prepared in the fight against the impacts of climate change because of a lack of planning and public awareness, the government admitted on...
As eastern China suffered record high levels of air pollution, Chinese fossil fuel shares slid whilst environmental protection stocks received a boost. Authorities in Shanghai ordered...
Particulate pollutants in Shanghai have reached unprecedented levels, with authorities telling citizens to stay indoors and wear masks if outside. China’s financial hub has been swallowed...
David Cameron has defended British drugs company GlaxoSmithKline, which came under fire in July for a bribery scandal within its Chinese business. Chinese employees of the...
David Cameron has backed a European Union and China trade deal, as he visits the Asian country on a trade mission. However, he has admitted that...
With over a month still to go, 2013 has been a record-breaking year for illegal rhino deaths. New figures reveal that 31 rhinos were illegally killed...