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    Energy Data Insights
    Energy
    Insights
    January 17, 2025

    ‘Direct Pay’ Tax Credits Bring Clean Energy and So Much More to US Communities

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    Workers installing solar panels at elementary school.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    Energy
    Insights
    January 7, 2025

    More Than Ore: The Pivotal Role Recycled Copper Can Play in the Energy Transition

    • Clean Energy
    • circular economy
    • Energy
    Copper wires are tangled in a recycling bin.
    • Clean Energy
    • circular economy
    • Energy
    Insights
    December 19, 2024

    2024 in Review: Our Biggest Stories on People, Nature and the Climate

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    Three workers installing solar panels on a roof.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    December 10, 2024

    Next-Generation Geothermal Can Help Unlock 100% Clean Power

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    Aerial view of a large geothermal powerplant with mountains in the background.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    November 27, 2024

    Europe’s Cities Should Prepare for Hotter, More Hazardous Days Ahead

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    People stand near a fountain during a London heat wave.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • health
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 13, 2024

    Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Installing solar panels on an office building in Mesa, Arizona
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Insights
    November 11, 2024

    Global Climate Pledges: A Progress Report

    • NDC
    • COP29
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
    • pollution
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Workers repair a damaged wind turbine blade
    • NDC
    • COP29
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
    • pollution
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    November 4, 2024

    By the Numbers: The Climate Action We Need This Decade

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People cycling on bike lanes in São Paulo, Brazil.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    November 1, 2024

    Vietnam’s Renewable Energy Policy Is Spurring Decarbonization of Global Brands

    • Clean Energy
    • corporate sustainability
    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • climate policy
    • Business
    People on motorcycles ride past a Samsung store in Vietnam.
    • Clean Energy
    • corporate sustainability
    • renewable energy
    • energy efficiency
    • climate policy
    • Business
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2024

    Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Hydraulic gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon.
    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Energy
    Insights
    October 9, 2024

    To Green the Industrial Sector, Countries Must Break Down Silos

    • Energy
    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • FIGI
    Motorcycles pass flyover construction in Bihar, India
    • Energy
    • net-zero emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • FIGI
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 23, 2024

    How Local Banks Can Unlock Africa's Clean Energy Future

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    One person hands a solar panel to another on a roof waiting to install it.
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy Access
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 13, 2024

    One County in Rural Kenya Is Using Clean Energy to Close its Electricity Gap

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • electric grid
    Rooftop solar installation on a rural hospital in Kenya.
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • electric grid
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Energy
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Lessons From the Coal Boom That Didn’t Happen

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    A man walks down railroad tracks in front of apartment buildings with a coal plant in the distance.
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • data visualization
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Development Banks Can Catalyze the Clean Energy Transition, Starting in South and Southeast Asia

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk along a bridge next to rows of floating solar panels.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2024

    Navigating the EV Transition: 4 Emerging Impacts on Auto Manufacturing Jobs

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    An autoworker moves a lithium-ion battery into position at a car manufacturing plant in Detroit.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 23, 2024

    Dual Harvest: Agrivoltaics Boost Food and Energy Production in Asia

    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    A man bends down near an orange tree in front of solar photovoltaic panels.
    • agriculture
    • renewable energy
    • Food
    • Clean Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 3, 2024

    4 Things to Know About US EPA’s New Power Plant Rules

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Freshwater
    Insights
    May 2, 2024

    The Impacts of El Niño Go Far Beyond Water

    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • Energy
    An Indonesian fisherman prepares a boat in the drying Gajah Mungkur Reservoir
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • Energy

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