Akshat Rathi
@akshatrathi
Senior climate reporter, Bloomberg News Newsletter Podcast Book akshat.rathi@pm.me
Chris Hohn, hedge fund billionaire, on net zero and economic common sense. www.thetimes.com/article/de38...
Plenty of room for developing countries to keep going. BNEF expects the world to install 9TW of solar by 2036. With China's rate of deployment slowing down, the share of poor countries is expected to rise. Solar power is the kind of technology success we need! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The number of countries with at least 1 GW of solar has jumped from 42 in 2020 to 82 in 2026. Developing countries have overcome lots of challenges from skilled workers to grid management, but the boom can only continue if they get access to more financing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
But that disaggregate the numbers, you'll find that some developing countries are starting to see the benefit in big ways. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In absolute sums, developing countries are deploying more solar than they did a few years ago. But as a proportion of global deployment, poor countries' share has stalled since 2020. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The world reached 1,000 GW of solar installed in 2022, Bloomberg Green's story headline was "Clean Power Isn’t Reaching Those Who Need It Most" Is that claim still true at 3,000 GW? The chart below hides an interesting story. Thread below 🧵 My story: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Quite the chart to see as Andy Burnham becomes the 7th UK -prime minister since 2016. bloomberg.com/news/feature...
When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble. Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Current El Nino, on top of human-caused climate change, could mean global avg temp could breach 2C of warming. While scientists have long braced for climate change, the growing severity of its impacts is shocking them. Excellent deep dive @eroston.bsky.social. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Solar has fundamentally changed the game. Batteries will help sustain that momentum for some time.
Where it shines is that the US is the second largest net-exporter of refined products.
For all the talk of US as the world's largest oil and gas exporter, if you just take crude, the US ranks fourth. And, if you look closely at these numbers from the Energy Institute, US appears to be a net importer of crude!
Oil's record price in the 1860s has never been surpassed, according to the Energy Institute
This is a neat chart looking at "energy eras" from the Statistical Review of World Energy that dropped today. www.energyinst.org/statistical-...
Europe is becoming more resilient to economic shocks, says ECB's Lagarde, thanks to better financial framework and clean energy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The world's biggest "tree": Sargassum bloom stretches more than 120 km. eu-space.europa.eu/components/e...
"This is going to be a solar world. It's just a question of when." Preview of this week's Zero, which drops tomorrow. I interviewed Kevin Smith, CEO of Cypress Creek Energy. Subscribe here: omny.fm/shows/zero
It's London Climate Action Week. It set to be 37C on Wednesday. It's almost certain that the UK will breach its highest temperature for June, which was 35.6 set twice in 1957 and 1976.
Added a note to help clarify. Works? Setting 1990 to 0% and then showing increase or decrease doesn't work.