Good climate news this week 1 Global EV sales hit 3rd consecutive record high, up 32% year-on-year 2 International Court of Justice concludes historic 2-week hearings on what legal responsibilities States have to fight climate change; decision expected by September 3 China installed wind capacity passes 500GW, over 50% of the global total 4 UK publishes major action plan to decarbonise grid by 2030, targets 95% low-carbon electricity by 2030 5 China oil demand to peak in 2025, 5 years ahead of schedule 6 UK renewables to overtake fossil fuels this year 7 Australia’s biggest renewables tender picks 19 projects, will deliver 6.4GW 8 OPEC cuts its 2024 global oil 7 gas forecast for a 5th straight month and by largest amount this year 9 Chile approves climate plan to establish sustainable mining policy 10 UK outed as leading the world on cracking down on climate activism 11 Spain sees CATL and Stellantis invest $4.33b to build one of Europe’s largest EV battery factories 12 British Columbia gives go-ahead to $4.2b of wind farms, adding 8% more electricity capacity to the grid 13 US EPA grants $135m to California for electric school buses and trucks 14 Germany on course for 54% renewables in 2024 15 Canada in new target to cut emissions to 45-50% below 2005 levels by 2035, up from 40-45% by 2030 16 Zimbabwe in new $250m floating solar plant 17 China tightens rules to curb methane emissions from coal mines