From China's emissions to Australia's offshore windfarms, things are moving on climate – some even in the right direction | Adam Morton

There is an unprecedented global swing towards solar and wind power under way

If you're searching for some hope on the climate crisis before the Cop28 UN meeting in Dubai this month, try this: China may be changing direction on pollution earlier than expected.

Lauri Myllyvirta, a longtime China analyst now with the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, calculated that CO₂ emissions from the world's biggest national polluter are likely to fall next year and could then go into structural decline".