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In 2025, renewable energy reduced annual household electricity bills in Türkiye by an average of 9%, equivalent to one month of electricity. While renewables significantly lowered wholesale prices, the impact on end-users is limited by regulated tariff structures and the lack of hourly demand-side management for residential consumers.

WRI India co-designed and piloted a Climate Resilient Village model in Tamil Nadu, India, implementing adaptation solutions across 11 districts to benefit nearly 2.7 million people.

The summary of the 12th Meeting of the San Giorgio Group (SGG12), convened by the Climate Policy Initiative in March 2026, outlines a strategic framework to accelerate climate-development alignment. The meeting focused on moving from incremental interventions to systemic transformation by leveraging 'relevance, resilience, and resolve' to scale climate finance and improve country-level delivery.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines the financial and institutional barriers preventing South African municipalities from accessing climate finance to support the just energy transition (JET). It highlights a significant gap where less than 10% of tracked climate finance reaches local governments, despite their critical role in electricity distribution and community resilience. The document analyzes current funding models, the impact of national policy frameworks, and provides recommendations to improve municipal creditworthiness and project bankability.

This report summarizes the results of a 2025 public consultation conducted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to identify pressing policy problems in international investment governance and determine the ideal tools—such as national laws or treaties—to address them.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute provides a comprehensive analysis of Colombia's electrical transmission sector as of 2025. It details the institutional framework, the structure of the National Interconnected System (SIN), and the critical structural challenges—including severe project delays and technical capacity exhaustion—that threaten the integration of new renewable energy generation projects.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics examines the vulnerability of Asian nations to energy supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, particularly in the context of geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran. It identifies Japan as the country at the highest direct risk due to its extreme reliance on imported fossil fuels and the high volume of its trade passing through the chokepoint. The document argues that transitioning to renewable energy and electrification is the primary strategic path to enhancing energy security and reducing exposure to global price shocks.

This report by RMI examines the role of zero-carbon industrial parks in accelerating China's green transition and high-quality economic growth, analyzing technical, business, and institutional innovations required to meet national climate goals.

The South African Renewable Energy Policy Scan evaluates the country's transition frameworks, finding that while legal structures enable rapid renewable energy growth, industrial localisation remains fragile and the promise of decent, stable employment is not yet realised. The report argues that a just transition requires integrating energy reform with broader industrial, labour, and municipal governance strategies to avoid 'low-carbon poverty' and reduce reliance on imported technologies.

This case study examines Renewvia's transition from traditional mini-grids to Okra's mesh-grid technology in Nigeria. After facing reliability issues and high costs with mini-grids, Renewvia deployed a 75-connection mesh-grid pilot in Emakalakala in 2024, which resulted in significantly lower capex, higher uptime, and improved revenue performance, leading to a strategic shift to deploy over 21,000 mesh-grid connections.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics examines whether increasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports can guarantee energy security for Southeast Asian nations. While ASEAN members are investing USD 20.4 billion in LNG infrastructure to meet rising demand and declining domestic supplies, the document argues that this dependence exposes the region to geopolitical supply shocks, price volatility, and competition with Europe. It suggests that investing in domestic renewable energy, upgrading grids, and accelerating the ASEAN Power Grid would provide a more resilient and secure energy future.

The Institute for Economic Justice presents a conceptual framework for a research project in South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya. The framework examines how the localisation of renewable energy technologies—defined by domestic manufacturing, ownership, and employment—can lead to both economic and social upgrading. Using a Global Production Networks (GPN) perspective and an operational assessment matrix, the project analyzes value creation, power relations, and the distribution of gains across various social axes to inform policies that align energy expansion with decent work and sustainable livelihoods.

A case study detailing a project by Village Energy to install solar-hybrid energy systems in 26 Ugandan health centres between January and September 2025 to ensure reliable power for medical oxygen and lighting.

This research paper argues that increasing domestic clean power production is essential for Japan's national security, economic resilience, and strategic autonomy due to its high dependence on energy imports.

Ember provides a response to India's draft National Electricity Policy 2026, arguing for a shift from sequential to co-optimised generation and transmission planning to address bottlenecks and stranded assets. The brief recommends integrating grid-enhancing technologies to manage stability as renewable energy penetration increases, unbundling state transmission utilities to allow private sector participation, and reforming DISCOM procurement to avoid over-reliance on long-term coal contracts. It also emphasizes the need for a robust data-sharing and cybersecurity framework to manage the increasing volume of electricity data from private aggregators and smart infrastructure.

The report 'Mapping India’s Energy Policy 2026' analyzes the fiscal impact of energy subsidies in India, highlighting a significant imbalance where fossil fuel subsidies were three times higher than clean energy subsidies in FY 25. It examines how electricity subsidies burden state budgets and utilities, the fiscal vulnerability caused by LPG import dependence during geopolitical crises, and the impact of fuel excise duty cuts on government revenue and EV adoption.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative argues that expanding domestic renewable energy is critical for Japan's national security and strategic autonomy, given its high dependence on energy imports. It proposes a pathway to achieve an 80-90% clean energy grid by 2035-2040 through grid expansion, regulatory reform, and the mobilization of private capital.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative argues that expanding domestic renewable energy is critical for Japan's national security and strategic autonomy. It highlights Japan's high dependence on energy imports and proposes a pathway to achieve 80% to 90% clean power by 2035-2040 to reduce geopolitical vulnerability and economic risk.

A report by Ember detailing the rapid growth of battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales in Türkiye, which became Europe's fourth-largest market for new BEVs in 2025, while noting that the overall vehicle fleet remains dominated by fossil fuels.

In 2025, India curtailed 2.3 TWh of solar energy to manage grid flexibility, resulting in an estimated USD 63-76 million in compensation payments and 2.11 million tonnes of missed CO2 emission reductions. While India reached 50% non-fossil fuel capacity in 2025 with 135.8 GW of installed solar, the report warns that curtailment could become routine unless grid flexibility improves to keep pace with solar growth, which is currently outpacing demand.