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Beyond biomass: Why the fashion industry’s shift away from coal must prioritise electrification
Publication date 17 Sep 2025

Major fashion companies replacing coal with biomass risk promoting a false solution. Although often labelled as a renewable source, biomass is far from emissions-free and cannot be considered a sustainable alternative to coal given its climate, environmental and social impacts. To truly align with a 1.5°C pathway, fashion brands should prioritise electrification of manufacturing processes, powered by renewable energy.

The gas boom no one ordered?
Publication date 08 Sep 2025

Global gas production hit record levels in 2024, with US liquefied natural gas exports surging far beyond what is needed for a Paris-compatible pathway. This blog unpacks the drivers behind this boom and highlights why LNG is no bridge fuel, but a growing climate risk.

Emerging technologies in Southeast Asia: Key considerations for policymakers shaping the energy transition
Publication date 14 Aug 2025

This Q&A explores the insights behind the series, including the rationale for focusing on hydrogen, SMRs and VPPs, and how these technologies could shape Southeast Asia’s energy transition.

Q&A: How a strong plastics treaty can tackle both climate change and pollution
Publication date 05 Aug 2025

Plastics contribute to two interrelated challenges: greenhouse gas emissions that accelerate climate change and pollution that harms ecosystems, biodiversity and human health. Addressing these challenges would require a mix of strategies – reducing plastic production and demand, improving circularity and cutting emissions from manufacturing and disposal.

Op-Ed: Redefining energy security in Southeast Asia - Renewables, not fossil gas, are key to net zero
Publication date 17 Jun 2025

As geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties intensify, it is becoming increasingly clear that overreliance on external energy sources poses significant risks to Southeast Asia’s economies and the well-being of its communities. The region must redefine energy security to achieve sustainable growth, climate resilience and energy security, with electrification, domestic renewables and stronger regional cooperation at its core. The recent IEA summit revealed a widening global divide over the future of energy security – and the contested role of planet-warming fossil fuels on the path to...

NewClimate in June 2025
Publication date 30 May 2025

June 2025 is shaping up to be a milestone month for global climate ambition. As momentum builds towards COP30, a series of major climate events will bring together governments, businesses, researchers and civil society to accelerate progress on climate commitments, energy transition, finance, innovation and corporate accountability. NewClimate Institute will be actively engaged throughout the month – sharing the latest insights, contributing to key discussions and launching new research to support evidence-based climate action. We’ve put together an overview of our most relevant work and...

Q&A: What does the Iberian blackout signal for the energy transition?
Publication date 08 May 2025

We still don’t know exactly what caused the recent widespread power outage across the Iberian Peninsula on April 28th. Investigations are ongoing, and the root cause will likely involve a combination of factors. While we await a full assessment from system operators, the Iberian blackout offers a valuable opportunity for reflection: we must move beyond a fossil-fuel mindset and fundamentally rethink how we understand and manage modern electricity systems, which are undeniably and rapidly changing, driven by renewables and emerging technologies. Concerns around grid stability in systems with...

Why the energy transition must be at the heart of energy security
Publication date 24 Apr 2025

As global leaders gather for the IEA’s Summit on the Future of Energy Security, this blog calls for a redefinition of energy security that puts the clean energy transition at its centre. Fossil-based systems are proving too volatile, while renewables and electrification offer a more resilient and affordable path forward.

Getting clean trade partnerships right: a win for the EU and developing countries
Publication date 20 Feb 2025

Strategic partnerships will be key to making the clean transition a global opportunity, not just an EU ambition.

Transition-specific alignment targets: reimagining corporate climate targets to drive real progress
Publication date 22 Jan 2025

In the quickly evolving landscape of climate action, this decade represents a critical period for meaningful progress, as the window to keep warming within the 1.5°C limit is closing. Corporations around the globe are setting climate targets, but it has become clear that the methods and metrics behind these targets are not leading to real progress where it matters. This signals the urgent need for a rethink of target-setting frameworks. We must recognise the limitations of GHG inventories, which are often susceptible to creative accounting, and focus more on transparent, actionable commitments...

NewClimate Institute at COP29
Publication date 05 Nov 2024

COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 - 22 November 2024. Our NewClimate Institute expert will be on the ground in Baku, hosting and participating in multiple events. Additionally, we will release several related publications before and during COP29.

By the Numbers: The Climate Action We Need This Decade
Publication date 05 Nov 2024

Keeping the 1.5-degree C temperature goal within reach will require these next NDCs to achieve a “quantum leap in ambition” and deliver immediate action across all sectors of the economy. So what exactly does that look like in terms of how we power our homes, grow our food, move people and goods, and more? Here, we break down the transformational changes needed in every sector of the economy to slash GHG emissions over the next decade.

EU Commissioner Hearings: Will Climate Take Centre Stage in International Partnerships?
Publication date 04 Nov 2024

This week , EU Parliamentarians will have the opportunity to grill the Commissioner candidates on their ambitions and competences for the upcoming term. It is a crucial time to ensure that climate ranks up high on the EU’s external action agenda, especially in its international partnerships offer. The current agenda of the Commissioners-designate appears to lack clarity on how they will integrate the EU’s climate ambitions into their foreign policy priorities. The European Parliament plays a key oversight role ensuring that Commissioner nominees are scrutinised on their qualifications, values...

The promise of voluntary carbon markets unlocking finance for the Global South may be a myth
Publication date 30 Oct 2024

Carbon offsetting creates false expectations for the Global South, as it may not provide the climate and financial benefits it claims. Instead, it enables companies to continue polluting by paying to "offset" their emissions, leaving the Global South to bear the brunt of delayed climate action. A more promising approach to channelling funds to the Global South could focus on directly addressing scope 3 emissions in supply chains. Dubbed as the "finance COP,” the upcoming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan will centre on raising climate finance. Developed countries are expected to reach a new...

Briefing: 24/7 renewable electricity matching is a far more credible approach for the GHG Protocol and the SBTi than the Emissions First Partnership proposal
Publication date 10 Oct 2024

This page is a Q&A briefing on the importance of 24/7 renewable electricity matching and the technical issues of the competing Emissions First Partnership proposals.

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