News

News | September 14, 2026

Inside Syria’s decentralised solar boom

As the world grapples with the finance and political will needed for the transition, what can policymakers learn from Syria’s people-led solar boom?
News | July 15, 2026

Indonesia’s aluminium push risks adding 8 GW of new captive coal power

Despite strong renewable potential in bauxite-rich regions, most planned aluminium projects risk following nickel’s reliance on off-grid coal.
Opinion
An engineer stands in the open maintenance hatch at the rear of a wind turbine
News | May 28, 2026

Beyond pledges: Canada’s climate finance act as a blueprint for global economic resilience

The post–fossil fuel era is here and proposed Canadian legislation could provide a model for aligning global finance with climate risk, says Senator Rosa Galvez.
Close-up detail of a sculpture in the shape of a euro symbol, surrounding by five yellow stars
News | March 21, 2025

Central banks are not independent on climate policy, study shows

Study suggests that central banks are unlikely to correct for a lack of national green policy, raising risk of stranded assets.
Fatih Birol speaking into a microphone at a conference.
News | March 18, 2025

IEA head says fossil fuel investment needed, despite agency’s own research

IEA director Fatih Birol calls for investment in existing fossil fuels, even though IEA research says there’s no room for oil and gas in a net-zero economy. …
Opinion
A person and four horse are silouhetted against a blue sky with smal clouds. Behoind them stand two wind power turbines.
News | March 4, 2025

De-risking the transition: how central banks in the global north can lead the way

The shift to a net-zero economy is not without financial risk and central banks in richer countries have the tools to manage them down, says Matthias Kroll of the World Future Council.
A satellite image showing a large hurricane to the east of the Gulf of Mexico
News | August 13, 2024

Report: financial losses from climate risk may be underestimated by 70%

Traditional assessments of investor losses from physical climate risks could be underestimating depletion by as much as 70%, a recent report has found.
Opinion
Three oil rigs sit in a bright shimmering sea against a dark grey sky
News | May 13, 2024

Eating the frog: how central banks can swallow stranded fossil fuel assets

A mechanism that allows fossil fuel assets to be bought up in return for investment in renewable energy would deal with the problem of stranded assets, says Kjell Kühne of the Leave It in the Ground Initiative.

You have seen 8 of 8