Environmental issues including climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss have dropped down an international ranking of short-term concerns for high-profile business leaders, academics and politicians. Each year in August and September, the Global Risks Perception Survey run by the World Economic Forum (WEF) asks more than 1,300 experts – largely from the Global North – […]
Ye Huang is a senior researcher at Global Energy Monitor (GEM), where she tracks and analyses global renewable energy developments. Christine Shearer is project manager of GEM’s Global Coal Plant Tracker. As batteries redefine how power systems handle peak demand in the United States, a central question for the global clean energy transition is whether […]
Global warming has hit “a milestone” as average temperatures have exceeded the critical 1.5C threshold for the longest period yet, European scientists warned on Wednesday. According to the EU’s Earth observation service Copernicus, 2025 ranks as the third-warmest year on record, behind 2023 and 2024, with global temperatures averaging more than the Paris Agreement’s most […]
From cross-border pipelines for green hydrogen that can also carry natural gas, to sustainable aviation fuel that threatens forests, and costly carbon capture projects that are used to recover more oil, “false solutions” to climate change have gained ground in recent years, often backed by fossil fuel firms. A new research paper, published last month […]
After the United States announced last week it would withdraw from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), effectively slashing more than a fifth of its core budget, the organisation’s head said it could “manage” the US exit, as top officials argued the energy transition is “unstoppable”. Speaking to reporters at IRENA’s 16th Assembly in Abu […]
Jobs in renewable energy expanded only slightly in 2024 to reach 16.6 million worldwide, new figures show, suggesting that the industry’s ability to create employment is slowing as it matures. According to an annual report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the number of renewables jobs rose […]
When Israel’s prime minister approved a $35-billion deal to supply natural gas to Egypt last month, Energy Minister Eli Cohen said the benefits of increased gas trade with its neighbour went far beyond money. “The approval of this gas agreement is a historic moment for the State of Israel, both in the security-diplomatic sphere and […]
Jennifer Morgan is a senior fellow with the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy and Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University and a former special climate envoy for the German government. Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly […]
On the last day of 2025, the Saudi Arabian government submitted an updated climate plan to the United Nations which contains a new but ambiguous emissions-reduction target and argues the world should keep buying the kingdom’s fossil fuels so that it can afford to shift its economy away from oil. The 27-page nationally determined contribution […]
Under the Trump administration, the US – the world’s second-largest emitter – will become the first country to withdraw from the UN climate convention, a key bedrock for international climate diplomacy, in a move the UN climate chief said would leave Americans poorer and less secure. President Donald Trump’s White House said the US would […]
