World Energy Investment 2025 – Analysis - IEA World Energy Investment 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

📉 A historic milestone in the #EnergyTransition:

In 2024, for the first time on record, there were no new steam turbine orders for coal-fired power plants in advanced economies.

A clear signal of shifting investment trends.

🔍 From @iea.org’s latest #WorldEnergyInvestment report.

Energy independence must be a key pillar of the UK’s national security strategy Securing the UK’s energy future through clean, domestic power is essential for national security, economic stability, and geopolitical strength. Since the start of its illegal invasion of Ukraine, Rus...

Great piece from @mattwestern.bsky.social on the need to build energy independence and the transition into national security:

"The countries that win the future will be those that control their own energy supply — not those clinging to outdated, vulnerable systems dictated by foreign powers."

Global Business Poll: Powering Up Business perspectives on shifting to renewable electricity across 15 countries

Check out the full report, including a breakdown of findings across 15 countries, here:

powering-up-business-poll.com

The results come just before the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s Summit on the Future of Energy Security, which needs to double down on the energy transition and demonstrate how it is the only route to long-term energy security.

🏭 87% of business executives who want their government to prioritise investment in renewables want them to stop using coal-fired electricity within the next decade.

⛽ 67% of executives want coal phased out and replaced with renewables, grids and storage – without locking in new gas infrastructure.

☀️ Energy security is paramount: 75% of executives associate renewables with stronger energy security.

💷 Economic growth and jobs: 77% link renewables to economic growth, while 75% see them as key to job creation.

💼 97% of executives back a move away from fossil fuels to renewables based electricity system, with 78% backing it in the next ten years.

🥇 52% of business leaders say they will relocate their operations to markets with better access to renewables-based power systems within five years.

Global Business Poll: Powering Up Business perspectives on shifting to renewable electricity across 15 countries

E3G has teamed up with We Mean Business Coalition and Beyond Fossil Fuels on a massive poll of business executives around the world to assess their views on the energy transition. The results are quite amazing...

powering-up-business-poll.com

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

Green jobs are good jobs!

A new analysis by the Confederation of British Industry, found that 22,000 net zero businesses employ almost a million people in the UK.

The average annual wage – £43,000 – was also £5,600 higher than the national average.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says

Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

#netzero #cimatecrisis
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COP29 Energy developments: steps forward, acceleration needed At the end of the first week of COP29, discussions on furthering energy transition goals in negotiations could do with a boost.

As COP29 enters its second week, here is E3G's take on week 2:

The world needs the G20 to send strong, positive signals to inject new energy into the COP29 negotiations.

Parties will need to find a way forward on the critical negotiations on the NCQG.

www.e3g.org/news/cop29-e...