Renewable energy is surging, electricity demand is about to transform global energy systems, and coal and oil will begin their long decline within the next decade. However, beneath this reassuring narrative lies a far more unsettling truth, one that becomes clear only when reading this report alongside another study released earlier this year by the United Nations Environment Programme. Governments worldwide plan to produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and natural gas by 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. As many as 11 of the 20 largest fossil fuel-producing nations have actually increased their expansion plans since 2023, with US not commiting to going green, is the green energy agenda likely to see the light at the end of the turnel ?

