Sound energy investment plans and decisions depend on good data. An old grid layer, for example, can make an already-connected settlement appear unelectrified. A location...
Antalya (November 10, 2026) — At COP31, Brazil’s COP30 presidency formally presented the global Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels to the UN Secretary-General...
Some big fossil fuel-producing countries – among them India, Nigeria and Germany – have swung behind the Brazil-led roadmap to phase out coal, oil and...
Print article Share More than 92,000 people have registered to attend the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, potentially making it the largest COP in...
Democrats are divided over whether the bill favors clean energy or fossil fuels. Questions over the treatment of tribal and community voices could still stall...
Japan’s exports of clean energy technologies could more than double by 2035 as Asia accelerates its electrification, according to energy think-tank Ember, but it urged...
COP31 opened Monday in Antalya, Turkey. It’s the first UN climate summit to take place since scientists acknowledged that the world will overshoot its warming...
About 655 million people worldwide lack access to electricity, and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for nearly 85% of them. Development finance institutions, philanthropic organizations and...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02821-8This work projects a decline in global emissions in 2026 as a result of clean energy and...
Energy and Transport Day at COP31 ironically saw a second morning of horrible traffic jams and over-crowded buses and trams, meaning early events at the...
Missed opportunities, industry influence and political maneuvering are behind the lack of progress in slowing global warming.By Bob BerwynANTALYA, Turkey—The stench of fossil fuels has...
Heat is accumulating in Earth’s systems at an accelerating rate, the U.N.’s weather agency has reported as the COP31 climate change summit begins in Turkey,...
Stientje van Veldhoven is Minister of Climate and Green Growth for the Netherlands. When we co-hosted the first-ever conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels...
In today’s newsletter: As global leaders gather in Turkey for the UN climate summit, both doubts and hope surround what the annual talks can achieveGood...
With rich governments and development banks delivering more climate finance as loans, developing countries could be paying back more each year than they receive in...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02797-5It has been surprisingly difficult to calculate how much warming different regions of the Earth have experienced...