Doyne Farmer and Eric Beinhocker outline the technological and economic forces driving renewable energy globally - and why these will prove unstoppable even in the current political climate.
Sugandha Srivastav comments on the need to build new green energy infrastructure to support growing energy demand from AI in a climate-compatible way, in this article from the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Bloomberg's Lara Williams referenced an Oxford Smith School policy brief in this article on Labour's impending, and controversial, oilfield decision. The policy brief recommended six climate tests to align future production with net zero goals, including alignment with the Paris Agreement and UK net zero targets, clean energy investment requirements, and mandatory carbon storage.
Reuters covers a recent Oxford Sustainable Finance Group report which found that the green energy transition continues at pace despite higher interest rates, and Brian O'Callaghan comments on green energy development trends in the USA.
Injy Johnstone comments on domestic energy security and the benefits of freeing households from reliance on gas.
Drawing on the first comprehensive dataset of over 2,300 renewable energy start-ups across Africa and South Asia, a team led by the University of Oxford reveals current ‘hotspots’ and future business opportunities.
A new report from the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group investigates the impact of rising interest rates on renewable energy and concludes that the energy transition continues at pace.
This article in the New York Times references recent research from the Oxford Sustainable Cooling programme, which found that Nigeria will be among the top 5 countries in the world more affected in terms of absolute increase in temperature as the world moves from 1.5 to 2 degrees of global warming.
Gireesh Shrimali and Ben Caldecott comment on transition finance and green transition plans.