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Jan 27, 2022
Coffee Break Briefing with Brad Handler: Financing tools to help take coal offline
At COP26, over 40 countries pledged to phase out coal completely by 2030-2040, but achieving these goals won’t…
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Nov 04, 2022
NPR
South Africa’s transition from coal could be a model for other countries →
Op-Eds
Dec 02, 2021
Washington Post
Phasing out coal plants worldwide won’t be easy. These four approaches could help. →
Memo
Nov 02, 2021
Climate Finance for South Africa at COP26: Watch this space.
Media Coverage
Oct 25, 2023
Cipher
In poorer nations, coal persists despite energy transition efforts →
Memo
Oct 25, 2021
Climate Finance for South Africa: What’s the Deal?
Podcast
Nov 15, 2023
Episode #15 Vijaya Ramachandran: Every Country Has the Right to Its Own Energy Choices
Memo
Aug 21, 2019
The Eskom Crisis: What are we dealing with?
Memo
Oct 25, 2021
Natural gas and India’s climate strategy
Multimedia
Feb 28, 2022
Episode #9 Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee: Decarbonization is a Very Long Game
Banerjee, practice manager in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice at the World Bank Group, talks with Katie…
Blog
Sep 27, 2021
The DFC, World Bank, and how a nuanced compromise on gas financing for poor countries could quietly become a blanket ban (hint: ask the Kosovars)
The debate over whether development finance should be allowed for downstream gas projects appears to be settling toward…
Op-Eds
Dec 06, 2021
Why the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong
Originally appeared in Foreign Policy, December 6, 2021. As climate pledges pile up, a worrying theme is emerging...
Memo
May 03, 2021
Do major DFIs finance fossil fuels?
Multimedia
May 21, 2021
Episode #4 Mimi Alemayehou: Climate Justice Means Africa Needs More Energy Investment
The former OPIC, African Development Bank and Black Rhino Group official tells Katie & Rose why she’s frustrated…
Blog
May 28, 2020
India gets creative to power the next phase of its renewable energy transition
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, 2020 is shaping up as a pivotal year in India’s transition toward renewable energy. Over the prior decade, India dramatically accelerated its deployment of wind and solar power (see figure). Now it must grapple with the challenges of integrating ever-larger quantities of volatile renewable energy into its grid. In the first half of 2020, the government has successfully concluded two creative tenders for flexible renewable energy that represent steps in the right direction—even though serious challenges remain to keep India’s energy transition on track.
