Good climate news this week
1. 2023 marked peak emissions in the power sector
2. Investment in low-carbon electricity to be 10 times higher than investment in gas and coal power generation in 2024
3. Climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum to become Mexico's first woman president
4. World’s biggest solar plant at 5GW comes online in China, can power a small country
5. California 2023 sales of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks double v 2022
6. China plans new carbon measurement standards to boost climate efforts
7. UK EVs reach record 17.9% of new cars in May
8. UN chief calls for global fossil fuel ad ban
9. Australian pension fund found guilty of greenwashing
10. Sri Lanka brings net zero emissions goal forward 10 years to 2040
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