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Aug 21, 2024

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COP28 Promises: Triple Renewable Energy Capacity (Part 2)

Australia has promised to triple its renewable energy capacity. In an earlier briefing, we found: 1. Australia's renewable energy capacity in 2022 was 49 gigawatts (GW) 2. Tripling that baseline means 147 GW in 2030 (we're awaiting confirmation on this figure and thank you to the subscriber who is helping) 3. While our current rate of building renewables capacity is impressive, it is not fast enough to hit that target Today, we ask the next question: what do we need to believe will happen t

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Mar 25, 2024

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COP28 Promises: Triple Renewable Energy Capacity (Part 1)

One of the big agreements from COP28 was the pledge to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. Let's bite off two pieces: details of the promise and where we're headed if nothing changes. Unpack the promise The pledge is to triple the world's installed renewable energy generation capacity to at least 11,000 GW by 2030. There were 124 signatories. One thing to call out is China didn't sign this pledge. More on that in a minute. First, let's pin down what the promise means. Shifting to renew

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Dec 29, 2023

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COP28 Promise: Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Charter

Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover the promises made at this month’s global climate change conference, COP28. ‘Words words words,’ Hamlet said. And that’s what most of the COP28 media coverage focused on. Specifically, it was five words: ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels.’ But while language in global agreements matters (why else would OPEC’s chief warn his members to ‘proactively reject any text’ that targets fossil fuels?), we’re more interested in the concrete actions and accountabilit

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Nov 24, 2023

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COP28 Preview

COP28 starts next week. Its full name is enough to turn anyone off: the 28th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. But as the year's biggest deal-making forum for climate issues, it matters. The three things to know about COP are the negotiating blocs, their positions, and the issues. Here's your briefing. Building blocs Countries form negotiating blocs to boost leverage. In climate talks, the groups are often porous and overlapping. Some are formal a

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