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While 125 GW of new coal, oil, and gas capacity was added, solar and wind additions totaled 497 GW. This growth was heavily concentrated in China and India, where record renewable deployment began to reduce coal-fired generation despite continued coal capacity expansion. In contrast, other BRICS members like Russia and Iran remain overwhelmingly fossil-based, while Brazil, South Africa, Egypt, and the UAE show varying degrees of renewable growth and fossil fuel reliance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The BRICS nations saw record-breaking power capacity additions in 2025 across all four major sources: coal (93 GW), oil and gas (32 GW), solar (367 GW), and wind (129 GW).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Fossil fuel expansion reached a historic peak in 2025 with 125 GW of new capacity added, resulting in a net annual increase of 115 GW after retirements, which is 11% higher than the previous 2015 peak.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Renewable energy deployment surged to 497 GW in 2025, with China and India accounting for approximately 87% of all new solar and wind additions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"China and India are experiencing a contradictory pattern where coal capacity continues to expand while coal-fired generation declines due to the rapid growth of renewables.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The utility-scale solar and wind project pipeline in the BRICS grew by roughly 25% in 2025 to reach 2,317 GW, which is approximately 2.5 times the size of the 927 GW fossil fuel pipeline.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Energy transition progress is highly uneven across the bloc; while some nations accelerate renewables, Russia and Iran's future capacity additions remain predominantly fossil-based, with fossil projects outnumbering renewables 7 to 1.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In India, the decline in coal-fired generation is most pronounced at the state level, with Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan seeing year-on-year declines of 20%, 15%, and 10% respectively.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000002#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["coal power","solar energy","wind power","energy transition","electric energy consumption","energy security","Nationally Determined Contributions","hydropower"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","India","Brazil","South Africa","Russia","Iran","Egypt","United Arab Emirates","Indonesia","Gujarat","Tamil Nadu","Rajasthan"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["capacity assessment","trend analysis"]},{"id":"gem-000066","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gem-000066","title":"Boom-Bust-Coal-2024-Vietnamese","publisher":{"name":"Global Energy Monitor","organization":"global-energy-monitor"},"document_type":"report","language":"vi","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Boom-Bust-Coal-2024-Vietnamese_11.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This document is a Vietnamese translation of excerpts from the 'Boom & Burst Coal 2024' report by Global Energy Monitor and its partners. It analyzes global coal power trends in 2023, highlighting a dichotomy where new construction has hit a 9-year low outside China but an 8-year high within China. The report provides a detailed assessment of Vietnam's energy transition, focusing on the Power Development Plan VIII (PDP8) and the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), while noting that global coal capacity reached an all-time high in 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Global coal power capacity increased by 48.4 gigawatts (GW), or 2%, in 2023 to a total of 2,130 GW, with China accounting for two-thirds of these additions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"There is a stark contrast in new coal construction: starts reached a 9-year low in countries outside China, while in China, they reached an 8-year high, contradicting President Xi Jinping's 2021 commitment to \"strictly control\" coal projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Only 15% (317 GW) of the world's operating coal capacity currently has a decommissioning commitment aligned with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal. To phase out operating capacity by 2040, an average of 126 GW must be decommissioned annually for the next 17 years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Vietnam's Power Development Plan VIII (PDP8) specifies that coal capacity will peak at 30.2 GW by 2030 and gradually decrease to 0 GW by 2050. As of December 2023, Vietnam had 27.2 GW of operating capacity, implying a limit of 3 GW in additional capacity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Despite PDP8 goals, Vietnam had 3.9 GW of capacity across 6 units still under construction at the end of 2023, plus 4 GW in 'pre-permitting' or 'permitted' stages at the An Khánh - Bắc Giang, Na Dương-2, Nam Định-1, and Sông Hậu-2 plants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) for Vietnam, supported by a $15.5 billion funding package from G7 nations, aims for peak emissions by 2030. The JETP Resource Mobilization Plan (RMP) seeks to reduce the number of coal projects and close inefficient plants, though specific decommissioning dates per plant are missing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"In 2023, India proposed 11.4 GW of entirely new coal power, the highest amount since 2016, and some long-delayed projects were revived.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000066#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["coal phase-out","energy transition","power development plan viii","jetp","global coal capacity"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","India","European Union","United Kingdom","United States","Turkey","Indonesia","Pakistan","Bangladesh","Laos","Philippines","South Korea","Japan","Australia","Central Asia","Middle East and North Africa","sub-Saharan Africa","Latin America","Kazakhstan","Zimbabwe","Brazil"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["Policy analysis","Capacity monitoring","Trend analysis"]},{"id":"gem-000113","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gem-000113","title":"Boom and Bust Coal 2026","publisher":{"name":"Global Energy Monitor","organization":"global-energy-monitor"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/2026-05/GEM-Boom-and-Bust-Coal-2026.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report identifies a widening gap between coal capacity and generation, particularly in China and India, where new plants are built as 'system insurance' while renewables displace coal in actual output. Globally, the coal pipeline is narrowing geographically, with 95% of construction concentrated in China and India. However, the report notes a significant slowdown in retirements in the U.S. and EU due to policy interventions and energy security concerns. Regional analyses highlight Indonesia's growth in captive coal for industrial processing, the U.S.'s political push to sustain aging plants, and the EU's structural shift toward a coal-free system. 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Economic growth is hindered by a lack of structural transformation and a significant infrastructure deficit, particularly in basic services like water and sanitation, which the report argues are more critical for poverty reduction than traditional trade infrastructure.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Africa's population is growing faster than any other region and is projected to increase from approximately 1.2 billion in 2017 to over 1.8 billion by 2035, representing a 50% increase.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'demographic dividend'—the economic potential of a larger working-age population relative to dependents—is being delayed in sub-Saharan Africa by persistently high fertility rates.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite economic growth, the absolute number of people living in extreme poverty (less than $1.90 per day) in Africa is expected to rise by roughly 170 million by 2035, reaching over 600 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Africa is the fastest-urbanising continent globally; by 2035, more than 50% of its population will live in urban areas, and by 2030, it will host six megacities with over 10 million inhabitants each.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Contrary to global trends of democratic recession, popular support for democracy in Africa remains robust, with 67% of surveyed Africans preferring it as a political regime.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Conflict in Africa is becoming more complex and frequent, shifting from high-fatality interstate wars toward urban riots, protests, and violence linked to terrorism and organised crime.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African economies are failing to undergo traditional structural transformation; instead of moving from agriculture to manufacturing, they have shifted directly into the service sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Sub-Saharan Africa faces a severe infrastructure deficit; scenario analysis indicates that investing in sanitation access has a larger positive impact on GDP per capita and poverty reduction than investing in road networks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The vast majority of African migration—approximately 80%—occurs within the continent rather than to other continents.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002269#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["urbanization","economic diversity","industrial manufacturing","agricultural productivity","climate migration"],"geography_discussed":["North Africa","West Africa","Central Africa","East Africa","Nigeria","South Africa","Ethiopia","Rwanda","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Somalia","Libya","Sudan"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["forecasting","scenario analysis","trend analysis"]},{"id":"issafri-002297","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002297","title":"The Global \"GO-TO THINK TANKS”","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/LEADINGTHINKTANKS.PDF","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report provides a comprehensive mapping of the global think tank landscape, identifying 5,080 such institutions worldwide. It specifically highlights the 'go-to' think tanks through a selection process involving peer nominations and expert panels, resulting in a list of the top 10 and top 30 think tanks globally (excluding the US), as well as a separate ranking of the top 30 US-based institutions. 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Uganda was the most affected country, accounting for 42% of cases, largely driven by opposition to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The report identifies government (34%) and multinational/investment companies (20%) as the primary perpetrators. Women defenders face specific gendered threats, including the withholding of sanitary products during detention and social stigmatization. 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Uganda had the highest number of attacks at 42%, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (15%), Kenya (14%), and Tanzania (12%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"natjust-000351#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a primary driver of conflict in Uganda and Tanzania. 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There is a growing trend of conflict complexity, where individual countries host multiple simultaneous conflicts; for example, Myanmar had five civil conflicts and Israel had two civil and three international conflicts in 2025.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001298#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Interstate conflicts have increased substantially, doubling from four in 2024 to eight in 2025, the highest number recorded since 1946. These are categorized as border conflicts (e.g., India and Pakistan), regional escalatory conflicts in the Middle East, and invasions (Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Israel's invasion of Syria).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001298#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"One-sided violence against civilians saw a dramatic increase from 14,200 fatalities in 2024 to 76,500 in 2025, the highest since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This surge was largely due to the RSF takeover of El Fasher in Sudan, where approximately 60,000 people were killed in the last week of October 2025.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001298#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Non-state conflicts decreased slightly from 79 in 2024 to 75 in 2025, with battle-related deaths falling to approximately 14,500. This decline was partly due to reduced lethal violence between drug cartels in Mexico, although other forms of violence like extortion and abductions increased.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001298#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional analysis shows Africa as the most affected area, with the number of state-based conflicts nearly doubling from 15 in 2013 to 29 in 2025. 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In 2019, these 15 conflicts occurred across six different countries and consisted of 12 civil wars, two internationalized civil wars, and one interstate war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001636#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Afghanistan is the primary driver of violence in Asia and globally. In 2019, it was the most violent conflict setting in the world, with battle-related deaths increasing from 25,679 in 2018 to 29,903 in 2019, largely due to the government's fight against the Taliban.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001636#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Asia recorded the highest absolute number of ceasefires of any world region between 1989 and 2018, totaling 679. The majority of these were related to peace processes (396), and the region showed a relatively high share of holiday-related ceasefires (130) compared to other regions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001636#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The number of peace agreements in Asia increased after 1987, peaking in 1997 and 2006 with seven agreements each, before entering a declining trend. Between 1975 and 2018, Asia had 63 peace agreements, with partial agreements (31) being the most common type.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001636#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Contrary to global trends, Asia has seen a general decline in non-state conflicts. 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These risks are driven by climate change, deforestation, and historical fire suppression policies. The study specifically notes a fifteenfold increase in fire-driven tree cover loss on these lands in Brazil and significant losses in Australia during the 2019–20 fire season. 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