A court in London has dismissed an attempt by Friends of the Earth to get the British government's financial support for a gas project in Mozambique to be declared unlawful.
The environmental group had argued that the $1bn funding in the form of loans and guarantees would contravene the UK's climate change commitments under the Paris accords.
Friends of the Earth says the judgment was extremely disappointing.
The $20bn liquified natural gas project in northern Mozambique is being led by France's Total.