The report Phase-out 2020: Monitoring Europe's Fossil Fuel Subsidies shows that governments in Europe and the European Union (EU) are continuing to subsidise oil, gas and coal, fuelling dangerous climate change with taxpayers’ money both at home and abroad.
This Insight Brief Solutions for the Missing Middle: The Case for Large-Scale Mini-Grid Development demonstrates how mini grids powered by solar photovoltaics (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS) can provide energy access to 800 million people who do not live near a centralized electric grid.
The report The Land‑Water‑Energy Nexus: Biophysical and Economic Consequences addresses the following question: What would be the global and regional biophysical and economic consequences by 2060 because of policy inaction regarding the limited availability of land, water and energy, given their interlinkages?
The paper Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the G20: Progress, Challenges, and Ways Forward analyses progress and challenges to implementing the G20’s commitment and outlines policy options for G20 policymakers, drawing upon the international trade framework as a means to overcome current implementation deadlocks.
By using qualitative content analysis and a participatory approach, the paper The Green Economy: Pragmatism or Revolution? Perceptions of Young Researchers on Social Ecological Transformation investigate perceptions of young researchers from various disciplines working on issues related to the Green Economy.
The working paper Synergies between Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency considers how renewables and energy efficiency can work together to contribute to global energy decarbonisation by 2050.