Annual Energy Efficiency improvements must double to meet climate targets. We...
Global energy intensity – a measure of how efficiently the global economy uses energy – improved by just over 2% in 2022. That needs to double to 4% annually to 2030 to meet global efficiency targets,...
View ArticleNations are on track to meet their NDC targets. The catch is those targets...
Globally, current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets are within reach thanks to the increasing speed of clean energy transitions around the world. That’s as NDCs have, as planned, got...
View ArticleNew Solar study: 50% of global power by 2050, even without more ambitious...
Nadia Ameli at UCL and Femke Nijsse and Jean-Francois Mercure at the University of Exeter present their study that shows solar is on track to make up more than half of global electricity generation by...
View ArticleClean energy is driving job growth, but skills shortages are a major barrier
The second edition of the IEA’s annual World Energy Employment report measures energy sector employment by region, fuel, technology, and value chain. Globally, energy employment rose to 67m people in...
View ArticleNearly 2,000 Hydrogen projects worldwide: IEA’s interactive tools give...
The IEA has released new interactive data tools to track the development of low-emissions hydrogen production around the world. They provide a snapshot of progress on hydrogen production, with data on...
View ArticleMassive global expansion of Renewables coming. But we’re still short 20% of...
The IEA has released the 143-page “Renewables 2023”, the latest edition of its annual report on the sector. The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 and the next 5 years will...
View ArticleHalf of fossil fuel Methane reduction targets can be met at no net cost. Why...
We need to cut global methane emissions from fossil fuels by 75% by 2030 to be on target to limit warming to 1.5°C. That equates to 90 Mt of the current total of 120 Mt of annual fossil fuel methane...
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