Weekly data: Renewable energy investment defies Covid dip
Renewables was the most attractive and resilient sector for international project finance in 2020.
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Why homeworking may be less green than the EU thinks
The European Commission is closing half of its offices in Brussels to allow for more teleworking and to walk the talk on its Green Deal, but studies show working from home can create more, not fewer, emissions.
Plug the energy investment gap to meet net zero
In the five years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, governments have made countless green promises, but energy investment remains miles off where it has to be to reach net zero.
Opinion: How to make manufacturing net zero
ESG investors that eschew manufacturing companies with a high carbon footprint and low market capitalisation are putting the energy transition at risk. Neither the EU taxonomy nor a carbon border tax alone are the answer.
The energy transition needs to embrace human messiness to succeed
Global net-zero ambitions require a fresh focus on the demand side, from how energy is used to social justice to jobs and individuals as agents of change, argues Angela Wilkinson, CEO of the World Energy Council.
German elections: Post-Merkel Energiewende starts to take shape
German Greens put up their first-ever candidate for chancellor in an election that will be dominated by Covid and climate change.
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Weekly data: Energy Monitor readers confident of a green post-Covid recovery
A majority of industry figures believe the global clean energy transition will speed up following the pandemic, shows a new poll by Energy Monitor.
Climate change impacting operations, say business leaders
Executives say climate change is having a negative effect on many companies, reports Deloitte. However, only a minority of firms are certain to step up climate action following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Opinion: Clean energy and Covid – fighting to build back better
Clean energy companies are proving resilient to the Covid crisis and expectations are growing for a "new normal" that gets the world on track to net zero, but government commitments to a green recovery remain mixed.
Clean energy companies show resilience during Covid recession
Clean energy companies Schneider Electric, Vestas, Sunrun, Xcel Energy and NextEra Energy outperformed companies in other sectors over the past year. Their strong performance came as investment in renewables continued to increase in 2020.
Can Latin America’s energy transition weather the pandemic?
With some of the worst death rates from the Covid-19 pandemic, high unemployement and public debt, many Latin American countries are struggling to marry climate action and the need to stop their economies from falling apart.
How Germany plans to build on Covid-induced emissions dip
Germany prioritises its renewables build-out, electric vehicles and hydrogen in a Covid-19 recovery plan that seeks to extend the Energiewende from the power sector to the rest of the economy.
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