Political goodwill toward clean energy is probably weaker now in global terms than at any time since the 2015 Paris Agreement finally brought all United Nations members to the table.
We’re now almost halfway through a decade where the world needs to drastically cut carbon emissions if we’re to avoid damaging global warming. The outlook isn’t good.
Far from declining, greenhouse pollution is barely slowing from the pace it’s been growing at for the past two decades. Despite a blistering build-out of solar power and electric vehicles, coal consumption has blown past previous records and looks set to increase for several years to come.
