Businesses in Africa suffer from the world’s highest costs of electricity. Solar PV on the user’s site can slash energy costs, improve competitiveness and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, but government regulations are holding investments back.

The impact of the coronavirus might significantly curb global emissions. Prudent spending of economic stimulus measures, and a permanent adoption of new work behaviours, could influence how emissions evolve in future.

What does it take to eliminate the energy poverty in Africa? A recent IEA-report, «Africa Energy Outlook 2019», and a visit to an energy conference in Lagos 12-13 November shed important light to the answer.

Norway’s target of climate neutrality by 2030 is not enshrined in law, impossible to reach without massive use of flexible mechanisms, and currently lacks a clear governmental strategy. A frontrunner in the net zero debate?

Norway aims to be at the forefront of both climate policy and petroleum production, while also promoting science-based policy. But what if these concerns don’t mesh?

Unsubsidized solar power, energy-smart homes and communities, greening of corporations, and zero-emission hydrogen – Europe may well reemerge as a global powerhouse in the era of the solar-centric energy system.

Norway’s renewable energy sector generates $1.2bn in export revenues today. My analysis of commitments by both private and state actors shows that that figure should rise 8-fold by 2030.

Third time lucky, they say. But even though Poland is hosting the UN climate summit for the third time now, the goal still remains a mission impossible.

Wealthy Norway gladly projects a squeaky green image to the wider world. But Norway can not be a world leader in climate protection without gradually winding down its fossil fuel extraction industry – starting now.

Carbon budgets have come to dominate the climate policy discourse, but have they served their purpose? Is it time to move beyond carbon budgets?

Some people love negative emissions, others hate them. Some people think 1.5°C is impossible, others think it is a matter of political will. I think stylised figures are a great way to explain the challenges.

Will the growth in soler energy flatten out after 2030, or will it be sustained with solar energy becoming the world’s leading energy source from 2050 onwards?

Shell has just released a new scenario, Sky, which meets the goals of the Paris Agreement. How does it compare with other low carbon pathways?

A new estimate of the Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity means that the carbon budget to stay below 2°C could be much larger.

The carbon intensity is a useful indicator, but also fraught with difficulties. Depending on the data choices, the policy implications could be quite different.

What sparked my interest in 2017, and what will raise my eyebrow in 2018?

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is often critiqued for being pro fossil fuel and anti-renewables, but are their scenarios so different to those developed by the broader researcher community?