Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the global energy transition and net-zero emissions. As the world prepares for the UN’s COP30 climate change ...

The annual UN climate change conference held in Brazil last year, known as COP30, concluded without a clear roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. It also laid bare a question that has long haunted ...

Cities across the world are clearing their billboards of flight ads, SUVs, cruise ships and petrol cars in an attempt to cut emissions.

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Research from ZEW Manheim found that worldwide climate targets ...

The world is producing too much coal, oil and natural gas to meet the targets set 10 years ago under the Paris Agreement, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid the worst ...

Emily Grubert, associate professor of sustainable energy policy, and Joshua Lappen, postdoctoral research associate in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. As the world ...

A new study has found that increasing renewable energy may not necessarily reduce fossil fuel production in the United States. Published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, the study ...

Some of the smartest people on the planet have marshalled their talents (and trillions of dollars) to move the world beyond fossil fuels. So why have they accomplished … almost nothing? Read more at ...

Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a new photoredox catalysis system that uses visible light mimicking photosynthesis to drive energy-intensive chemical reactions at room ...