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Polly Bindman
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Polly Bindman is a data journalist and sustainable finance reporter based in London. She has worked for Capital Monitor and the New Statesman. Contact Polly at: polly.bindman [at] globaldata.com
“17 hours” to save climate conference as UAE publishes new COP28 outcome
Latest draft of COP28 Global Stocktake dubbed “incoherent and dangerous” as language on fossil fuel phaseout is removed.
COP28: OPEC leaks put pressure on Al Jaber to secure a fossil fuel phase-out deal
A leaked letter from OPEC urging member countries to reject a “fossil fuel phaseout” at COP28 suggests formal deal on phase-out is a real possibility.
COP28 Day 3: US, UAE and China lead methane announcement blitz
At a high-level summit hosted by the US, UAE and China, the COP28 Presidency unveiled a raft of announcements targeting methane emissions.
COP28 presidency hails “historic” victory as nations agree Loss and Damage Fund on day one
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber hails the agreement as “historic”, as it is the first time a decision has been adopted on day one of any COP.
Weekly data: global ambition to triple renewables by 2030 within reach
The world is on track to more than double its renewable energy capacity by 2030, reports climate think tank Ember.
Leading with an invisible hand: what role will private finance play at COP28?
GlobalData’s Energy Monitor walks you through what role private finance can be expected to play at COP28.
Weekly data: Republican states are hoovering up most of Biden’s IIJA clean energy and power funds
Two years after the implementation of Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Energy Monitor finds that Republican states are benefitting the most from funding for clean energy and power.
Weekly data: 2023 is the China Belt and Road Initiative’s greenest year ever
Ten years on, energy still makes up the largest share of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investments, and most of that money is now going into wind, solar and hydropower.
The ten countries that produce the world’s cleanest electricity
Hydropower remains the dominant source of electricity across the world’s cleanest power grids, although wind, solar, geothermal and nuclear also play a role for some.
Britain wasted enough wind to power one million homes last year
Fresh analysis from think tank Carbon Tracker reveals that taxpayers are losing hundreds of pounds annually to grid congestion.