IEA / News

...IEA’s analysis concluded that 70% of the world’s clean energy investments are government-driven, either by direct government finance or as a result of policies such as subsidies or taxes. The IEA watchdog also reported that government fossil fuel subsidies total $400bn (£300bn) per year. Scrap fossil fuel subsidies, in...

...IEA considers these findings to be ‘grounds for optimism,’ considering that total emissions hadn’t risen despite the global economy having grown by 2.9 percent. For the Agency, this suggests that economic prosperity and mitigating climate change don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Let’s hope! If you have an opinion, w...