The UN body in charge of managing carbon trading has suspended approvals for dozens of Chinese wind farms amid questions over China's use of industrial policy to obtain money under the scheme.

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Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI

The Gaafaru wind farm project that was inaugurated by President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday has grabbed the attention of the international community as the news was captured by the international media.

The Strait Times of Singapore described it as the beginning of Maldives efforts to make the country carbon neutral by 2020.

President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday inaugurated a $200 million wind farm project to provide clean electricity to North Mal

The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for a global deal to channel business dollars into low-carbon energy, industry and analysts said on Wednesday.

Senior executives warned progress so far in U.N.-led climate talks was inadequate to guarantee the future of low-carbon markets which could transform how the world gets its energy.

A technology to bury underground the greenhouse gas emissions produced from burning coal must be ready for global deployment by 2017-2019, U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu said on Monday.

Coal is the world's single biggest source of carbon emissions, at 40 percent. Other sources included burning oil and natural gas, and deforestation and the production of cement.