Wind and solar generate over a tenth of the world’s electricity. Taken together, they are the fourth-largest source of electricity, behind coal, gas, and hydro.
The current energy transition is unprecedented in both scale and speed.
Will the clean energy transition create jobs, or will jobs be lost? Here is projected employment growth in clean energy and related sectors to 2030.
Despite being the world's biggest carbon polluter, China is also the largest producer of most of the world's critical minerals for the green revolution.
Energy technologies are often mineral-intensive. This chart shows how the energy shift is creating massive demand for minerals.
Electricity generated by wind and solar helped to force a record fall in global coal power in 2020. Renewables rose by 15% while coal use dropped...