The Biden administration has pledged that the US will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 61% over the next decade, Bloomberg reports.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved California’s “landmark plan” to end the sale of petrol-only vehicles by 2035.

The number of new coal plants under development in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region has reached record lows since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

The world’s coal use is expected to reach a new high of 8.7bn tonnes this year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).