Energy transition

'We urgently need a reset': Are miners of transition minerals doing enough to tackle 'surge' in human rights allegations?

Supply chain

'We urgently need a reset': Are miners of transition minerals doing enough to tackle 'surge' in human rights allegations?

New report warns human rights and environmental abuses linked to mining for minerals critical to the switch to clean energy are threatening to undermine the net zero transition

clock 07 May 2025 • 6 min read
Study: Over 70 per cent of businesses to push forward with electrification

Energy

Study: Over 70 per cent of businesses to push forward with electrification

But drive to electrify is fuelling concerns over security of supply and volatile energy costs, according to a major new study from EY

clock 01 May 2025 • 4 min read
Poll: Ninety-seven per cent of global business leaders support clean energy transition

Energy

Poll: Ninety-seven per cent of global business leaders support clean energy transition

New survey reveals vast majority of business executives want to shift to renewables - and they could relocate if governments fail to boost clean energy generation

clock 22 April 2025 • 6 min read
Is the world ready to move into an 'energy substitution' phase?

Energy

Is the world ready to move into an 'energy substitution' phase?

BP analysis estimates that oil demand is set to peak in 2025, but it also warns that clean energy additions are still being outpaced by energy demand, leaving the door open for long term fossil fuel use

clock 11 July 2024 • 6 min read
Can the global green energy transition bridge the $18tr investment gap it faces?

Energy

Can the global green energy transition bridge the $18tr investment gap it faces?

Major new analysis from Boston Consulting Group predicts a green energy system can solve the 'trilemma', but a massive scaling up in wind, solar, and grid storage capacity is urgently required through to 2030

clock 06 September 2023 • 5 min read
'Vital role': BlackRock defends continued investment in fossil fuels

Investment

'Vital role': BlackRock defends continued investment in fossil fuels

In his annual letter, CEO Larry Fink stressed the importance of oil and gas in meeting global energy demands, as he promised to offer clients the choice of investing in clean energy

clock 16 March 2023 • 6 min read
Study: Clean energy transition will generate $12tr in savings

Energy

Study: Clean energy transition will generate $12tr in savings

There is a 'pervasive misconception' that clean energy transition will be more costly than remaining dependent on fossil fuels, researchers warn

clock 13 September 2022 • 3 min read

Investment

Is there a 'quick, easy, cheap' way to net zero?

The race to Net Zero is on but, with slippery definitions of what this entails and varying levels of commitments from businesses, how will this challenge be solved before 2050?

clock 05 August 2021 • 2 min read

Energy

Peak oil and CO2? How Covid-19 may have accelerated the green energy transition

DNV GL assesses the short and long-term impacts of the pandemic on the energy transition – and its forecasts are startling

clock 08 September 2020 • 7 min read

Investment

'Decline and fall': Transition away from fossil fuel economy could lead to plummeting valuations for high carbon assets

Carbon Tracker warns 'there is far more risk inherent in the fossil fuel system than is conventionally priced into financial markets' and urges investors to step up efforts to engineer a more orderly transition to clean technologies

clock 04 June 2020 • 4 min read