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Coal Demand to Stagnate Worldwide, Decline in China, EU, United States
Although global coal consumption almost certainly increased in 2018, it’s likely to remain stagnant through 2023, delivering neither the growth the industry needs nor ... -
AsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Investors Foresee Massive Financial Crash Without Rapid Response to Climate Change
The global economy is on track for a financial crash several times the scale of the 2008 financial crisis if governments don’t drastically scale ... -
AfricaAsiaChinaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentMiddle EastNational Plans & Responses
China Dumps ‘Clean’ Coal from Green Bond Criteria, Still Exports Outdated Coal Technology
China is dumping so-called “clean coal” from the guidelines for its green bond programs, a decision that will match up the country’s green finance ... -
AsiaAustraliaBrazilCanadaDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionUnited StatesWind
Global Wind Industry on Track to Grow 680 Gigawatts Over 10 Years
The global wind industry is on track to deliver more than 680 gigawatts (680 billion watts) of new capacity over the next decade, according ... -
AfricaAsiaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Developing Nations ‘Lead the Charge’, Outpace Wealthier Countries in New Clean Energy Capacity
Developing countries are “charging ahead of wealthier nations in the global green energy push,” adding more clean electricity than fossil fuel capacity in 2017 ... -
AsiaAustraliaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Wider Emissions Gap Shows ‘Countries Are Not Doing Enough’, UN Agency Reports
The gap between countries’ greenhouse gas reduction plans and their promises under the Paris Agreement is even wider than previously believed, according to a ... -
European Battery Manufacturing Set to Grow 20-Fold by 2025
Battery manufacturing capacity in Europe is set to increase 20-fold over the next seven years, to output of 90 gigawatt-hours per year, according to ... -
AsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Philippines Commission Probes Fossils’ Accountability for Extreme Climate Impacts
The business writers at The Economist are paying attention to an inquiry launched by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, aimed at determining for ... -
AsiaBrazilCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaCoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentMiddle EastNational Plans & ResponsesOil & Gas
Canada Posts Highest Per Capita Emissions as G20 Falls Short on Climate Action
Governments in 19 of the world’s 20 biggest economies—including Canada—are still paying closer attention to fossil lobbyists than their own scientists’ advice, and are ... -
AsiaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesIndiaInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
IEA Sees Signs of Energy Transition, But Backtracks on Paris-Compliant Modelling
An end to new fossil plant construction, a coal industry already past its production peak, a surge in natural gas use, and up to ... -
AsiaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Clean Energy Receives Just 1.3% of Fossil Majors’ Budgets in 2018
For all their rhetoric about supporting a low-carbon transition, the world’s 24 biggest publicly-traded fossils devoted just 1.3% of their budgets to clean energy ... -
Five Years After Super Typhoon Haiyan, Filipina Survivor Testifies Against Big Fossil Polluters
“As we were leaving Tacloban it reminded me of the scene from the Hunger Games. I thought: I never want to come back to ...
