Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Carbon Intensity
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Carbon supply cost curves: evaluating financial risks to coal capital expenditures
New research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) identifies major financial risks for investors in coal producers around the world, from the domino effect of slowing demand growth in China, where thermal
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Persistent growth of CO2 emissions and implications for reaching climate targets
Efforts to limit climate change below a given temperature level require that global emissions of CO2 cumulated over time remain below a limited quota. This quota varies depending on the temperature level,
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Global carbon budget 2014
The 2014 Global Carbon Budget has been released ahead of the U.N. Climate Summit, showing that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement production increased by 2.3% in 2013 to new record
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Energy efficiency improvements in Asia: macroeconomic impacts
The paper finds that energy efficiency policies in Asia are expected to have a positive impact on private consumption, government expenditures, and investment. Such policies would also lead to a significant
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Low carbon economy index 2014: two degrees of separation - ambition and reality
PwC analysis of economic growth rates and greenhouse gas emissions data for G20 economies. PwC’s climate change analysts estimate global economies need to cut their energy related carbon emissions for
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International comparison of fossil power efficiency and CO2 intensity
The purpose of this study is to compare the energy efficiency and CO2-intensity of fossil-fired power generation for Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland,
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System on way to cap carbon output
China will gradually set up a mechanism for limiting its overall carbon emissions and accelerate development of a national carbon market, according to the country's chief climate change negotiator. The
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A guide for the perplexed to the indirect effects of biofuels production
A detailed but accessible overview of the concept of indirect land use change and the way that ILUC emissions are estimated. Identifies factors that determine the size of ILUC effects when biofuel demand
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How much carbon pricing is in countries’ own interests?: the critical role of co-benefits
This paper calculates, for the top twenty emitting countries, how much pricing of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is in their own national interests due to domestic co-benefits (leaving aside the global
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China’s Carbon Intensity Falls 5 Percent, Premier Li Says
China’s carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product fell 5 percent in the first half of this year, Premier Li Keqiang said. Li made the comments at a meeting in Beijing yesterday with