The Top Climate News for Wednesday 19 February 2025: - BYD CEO claims Chinese EVs are years ahead of the competition - Clean energy contributed 10% to China’s GDP in 2024, analysis shows - Top US prosecutor quits over pressure to investigate Biden climate spending - Planet's Record-Smashing Iron Wind Hides a Climate Unlike Anything We've Seen - The world's richest man has weighed in on the German election - has it had any impact? - COUNCIL NOTES: Climate change plan, call to end homelessness on agenda - Electricity demand surges for the world’s two biggest polluters - Globe Climate: To survive winter, we need to slow down - Brazil to join OPEC+ as oil giant, fueling climate debate ahead of COP30 - UK electric vehicles at risk if Labour 'chooses to change ZEV mandate' - First-Ever 3D Map Of Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Reveals Never-Before-Seen Climate - Government under pressure to hike common car tax charge to £52,500 - Japan adopts new carbon reduction targets, energy plan to boost nuclear and renewables by 2040 - Early warning system for climate tipping points given £81m kickstart - ‘The path forward is clear’: how Trump taking office has ‘turbocharged’ climate accountability efforts - Trump's musings on 'very large faucet' in Canada part of looming water crisis, say researchers - The little-known €1,500 to €3,500 cash grant available to thousands of Irish people - have you checked eligibility? - Bring back wolves to Scotland to reach net zero, says controversial research - Millions of drivers warned over two cars 'fastest-depreciating' in value - Walsall Council approves six pledges in order to achieve net zero by 2041 - Future data centres required to have generators that match level of demand under new proposals - Vision and urgency lacking in Government response to climate crisis