Clean Energy Finance Forum

Our partners at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University turn up more evidence that American voters demand forward motion on carbon reduction. Their new voter survey finds two-thirds of respondents convinced that legislators should prioritize investment in fossil-free energy.

Residents in Springfield, Massachusetts question the "green" light for a biomass facility in an area where many live with asthma.

Surveying China's plan to send carbon emissions way down, the IEA forecasts broader uptake of carbon capture, hydrogen and other decarbonization tools on the strength of China's manufacturing.

Shocks can spark interest in secure sources of energy. For that reason, some insiders argue that distributed power can gain a surge of customers- even amid harsh financial conditions for solar and wind projects.

One of the space's sharpest clean energy analysts sees some glimmers of hope amid a steady storm of challenges as the world survives and eventually moves forward from the current catastrophe.

A network of 54 central banks and industry supervisors formed in 2017 is looking for ways to develop a new framework for climate risk management in the financial sector. Many of the group’s members are also on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which sets global capital requirements.

"States can now accelerate deeper progress toward what we really want: a 100 percent clean electricity grid that is also affordable and reliable. Unfortunately, by failing to allow all carbon-free technologies to compete equally, leading states are on the brink of adopting policies that miss the opportunity to achieve all three objectives simultaneously."