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The share of interventions favoring domestic firms remained stable between 0.80 and 0.85 since 2009. However, the pandemic saw a sharp spike in export bans—at least 50 times the 2015-2019 average—and an increase in corporate subsidies, while harmful import restrictions on market access actually declined. The author argues that these export curbs disrupted supply chains and should lead to tighter WTO rules on exceptions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000926#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The COVID-19 pandemic increased the total volume of commercial policy interventions, with 5,885 state acts recorded in 2020. Even with incomplete data for 2021, the recorded 4,016 interventions are 25% higher than the average seen from 2015 to 2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000926#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The pandemic did not create a 'new normal' regarding the overall mix of trade policy; the proportion of interventions that favor national firms over foreign competition has remained remarkably stable between 0.80 and 0.85 since 2009.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000926#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There was a significant increase in the use of export bans and corporate subsidies during the pandemic. Export bans in 2020 were at least 50 times higher than the average for the period 2015-2019, primarily targeting medical equipment, consumables, and later, vaccines.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000926#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Contrary to the rise in export curbs, the share of harmful import restrictions affecting market access (such as tariffs and quotas) has generally declined since the global financial crisis, a trend that was accentuated by 771 import reforms for medical goods in 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000926#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["trade policy"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["quantitative analysis","policy assessment"]},{"id":"ember-000196","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ember-000196","title":"EU’s record solar summer helps avoid €29bn in gas imports","publisher":{"name":"Ember","organization":"ember"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-09-08","source_url":"https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/Analysis-EUs-record-solar-summer-helps-avoid-E29bn-in-gas-imports.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Between May and August 2022, the EU generated a record 12.2% of its electricity from solar power, totaling 99.4 TWh. This generation helped the EU avoid the purchase of an additional 20 bcm of fossil gas, resulting in potential cost savings of €29 billion based on average daily gas prices for that period. Solar share records were broken in 18 of 27 EU countries, with the Netherlands achieving the highest share at 23%. The report argues that while solar deployment is accelerating, permitting bottlenecks must be addressed to meet 1.5C and REPowerEU targets, which include a proposed 45% renewable energy target for 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000196#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"From May to August 2022, the EU generated a record 12.2% of its electricity from solar power, totaling 99.4 TWh, which is a 28% increase from the 77.7 TWh generated in the same period the previous year.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000196#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The record solar generation allowed the EU to avoid purchasing an additional 20 bcm of fossil gas, equating to avoided costs of €29 billion. The year-on-year growth of 22 TWh in solar power alone saved over €6 billion and 4 bcm of gas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000196#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Solar share records were broken in 18 of 27 EU countries. The Netherlands had the highest solar share in the power mix at 23%, followed by Germany at 19% and Spain at 17%. Poland saw the largest increase in solar generation since 2018, increasing its output 26 times.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000196#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite accelerating growth, current projections for solar capacity additions in 2026 meet only 46% of the value required under 1.5C pathways, primarily due to permitting bottlenecks and project development times exceeding legally binding limits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000196#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["solar energy","natural gas","electricity generation","energy security"],"geography_discussed":["Netherlands","Germany","Spain","Poland","Finland","Hungary","Russia","Ukraine","France"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["quantitative analysis","policy assessment"]},{"id":"clipolin-000977","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/clipolin-000977","title":"The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2022","publisher":{"name":"Climate Policy Initiative","organization":"climate-policy-initiative"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-09-07","source_url":"https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/the-state-of-global-air-quality-funding-2022/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that air quality is severely underfunded, accounting for only 0.5% of international development funding and less than 0.1% of philanthropic spending between 2015 and 2020. While 72% of development funding for air quality also addresses climate change, only 2.2% of international public climate finance explicitly targets air pollution. The analysis highlights a critical misalignment in priorities, noting that international development funders committed $46.6 billion to projects prolonging fossil fuel use between 2015-2021, more than four times the amount spent on air quality. Geographically, funding is concentrated in Asia, the US, China, and India, leaving Africa and Latin America underserved; in Africa, funding for fossil fuel-prolonging projects was 36 times higher than for clean air measures from 2015-2021.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000977#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Air quality funding represents a very small fraction of total available resources from both public and private sources. Between 2015 and 2020, air pollution projects received just 0.5% of total international development funding and less than 0.1% of philanthropic foundation funding.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000977#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant disconnect between climate finance and air quality goals. Only approximately 2% of international public climate finance explicitly addresses air pollution, despite the fact that 72% ($7.6 billion) of air quality funding from international development funders simultaneously addressed climate change between 2015-2021.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000977#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"International development funding continues to prioritize the extension of fossil fuel use over air quality improvements. Between 2015-2021, $46.6 billion was committed to projects that prolonged fossil fuel use, which is more than four times the amount dedicated to air quality projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000977#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Funding for air quality is geographically imbalanced, with Africa and Latin America lagging behind. In Africa specifically, between 2015-2021, commitments to fossil fuel-prolonging projects were 36 times higher than those for clean air measures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000977#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Philanthropic funding for air quality reached a record high of $63.8 million in 2021, a 36% increase from the previous year, driven partly by a small number of large grants. However, this still represents less than 0.1% of total philanthropic spending.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000977#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The structure of international development funding for air quality is heavily reliant on loans, with grant funding representing only 6% of total commitments, which may increase the debt burden for low-income countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000977#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["air pollution","climate finance","fossil fuel","climate change mitigation","transport industry","Paris Agreement","Sustainable Development Goals"],"geography_discussed":["Africa","Asia","Latin America","United States","People's Republic of China","India","Egypt"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["financial analysis","policy assessment"]},{"id":"saiia-001375","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-001375","title":"Relevance of a Non-Proliferation Treaty Put to the Test","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2022-09-05","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/research/relevance-of-a-non-proliferation-treaty-put-to-the-test/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The 10th Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) failed to produce an outcome document due to Russian objections regarding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. 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The report argues that power shortages in provinces like Sichuan are caused by rigid grid management and fuel costs rather than a lack of capacity, suggesting that further coal expansion is unnecessary if grid reforms are implemented.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000180#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Power shortages in Sichuan during 2022 heatwaves and droughts were not due to a lack of capacity, but rather rigid grid management—where 15 GW of hydropower was exported while the province faced a 13 GW deficit—and high fuel prices that left coal plants unprofitable.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000180#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["coal power","iron and steel industry","carbon neutrality","stranded asset","renewable energy","solar energy","wind power","grid flexibility","emission trading"],"geography_discussed":["Sichuan","Zhejiang","Fujian"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","investment analysis","capacity tracking"]},{"id":"gem-000181","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gem-000181","title":"China’s power and steel industries continue to invest in coal-based capacity, complicating carbon goals","publisher":{"name":"Global Energy Monitor","organization":"global-energy-monitor"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2022-09","source_url":"https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/China-steel-and-coal-power-briefing-Sep-2022_EN_Final_11.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document finds that while China has seen record clean energy installations and a decline in coal-fired power generation, government permitting for new coal plants and investments in blast furnace capacity accelerated in early 2022. 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The report highlights that power shortages in provinces like Sichuan were driven by rigid grid management and high fuel prices rather than a lack of capacity, and recommends reforming grid operations and including the steel sector in the emissions trading system.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Government permitting for new coal-fired power plants increased in the first half of 2022, although power companies showed a lower appetite for new projects, construction, and completions due to thermal power generation being loss-making since early 2021.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Investments in coal-based power and steelmaking capacity in early 2022 are not aligned with carbon goals and risk creating substantial stranded assets: $8.5 billion (CNY 82 billion) for power and $15-22 billion (CNY 100-150 billion) for steel.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the first half of 2022, 15 GW of new coal-fired power capacity was permitted, and 30 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of new blast furnace capacity was announced, the highest first-half figure since 2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"China's power sector saw a significant increase in non-fossil fuel capacity, with total non-fossil installed capacity reaching 1180 GW by the end of June 2022, accounting for 48.2% of the total.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Electricity shortages in Sichuan and other central provinces during the 2022 heatwaves were exacerbated by rigid grid management, where hydropower was exported to eastern provinces despite local shortfalls, and thermal plants operated below full capacity due to high fuel prices.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The steel industry continues to rely heavily on the coal-based blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) route, with 99% of approved new ironmaking and 71% of approved new steelmaking capacity using this process between 2017 and H1 2022.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a growing trend toward electric arc furnace (EAF) capacity, with the share of EAF in newly announced steelmaking capacity rising to 57.2% in the first half of 2022.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000181#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["coal-fired power station","carbon neutrality","stranded asset","renewable energy","solar energy","wind power","hydropower","grid flexibility","emission trading","carbon capture and storage"],"geography_discussed":["Sichuan","Zhejiang","Fujian","Jiangxi","Inner Mongolia","Shaanxi","Guangxi","Hubei"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["investment analysis","policy assessment","capacity tracking"]},{"id":"iisd-002462","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-002462","title":"GLOBAL MARKET REPORT","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-09","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2022-09/2022-global-market-report-coffee.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines the global coffee market, highlighting the vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate change and price volatility. 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While the banks have introduced restrictions on project financing for new coal, the document asserts these are insufficient because the vast majority of financing occurs through corporate loans and underwritings. Between January 2019 and November 2021, these banks provided billions of dollars to coal developers, including entities like China Huaneng Group and Adani Group. 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