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This executive summary by Ember outlines the financial requirements and risk factors associated with India's goal of achieving 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, emphasizing that the cost of capital is a primary determinant of whether this target is met.

This report analyzes the potential for South Africa to use its public procurement spending, which represents approximately 15% of its GDP, to address environmental issues such as carbon emissions, pollution, and water scarcity.

An updated RMI analysis comparing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of electric vehicles (EVs) versus fossil fuel vehicles across various fleet applications, highlighting the impact of federal tax credits and fuel prices.

RMI describes the role of solar-plus-battery-storage microgrids in creating community resilience hubs, particularly during extreme weather events like hurricanes. Based on a cohort of leaders from various institutions, the guide outlines five key factors—facility suitability, electricity costs/net metering, energy efficiency, battery sizing strategies, and available funding—that can help non-taxable entities successfully implement microgrid projects in low-to-moderate income US communities.

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) critiques a scrapped 2025 National Budget proposal for South Africa, specifically opposing a proposed two percentage point VAT increase. The IEJ argues that the National Treasury's focus on debt stabilisation through expenditure cuts and regressive taxes ignores the country's high unemployment and poverty levels. The statement proposes several progressive revenue-raising alternatives, including taxing wealth and luxury items, reducing tax breaks for high earners, and improving tax collection capacity.

This report outlines a strategic approach to financing the first 10,000 zero-emission trucks (ZETs) in India by addressing four primary risk categories—product, customer, operational, and residual value—to unlock capital and establish a foundation for market scale.

This RMI guide argues that allowed Return on Equity (ROE) for US electric utilities is currently set too high, exceeding the actual Cost of Equity (COE) required by investors. This discrepancy creates a 'capex bias,' incentivizing expensive capital projects over cost-effective solutions and increasing customer bills. By correcting flawed model assumptions—such as overestimating growth rates and using arithmetic instead of geometric means—and debunking myths about capital access and credit ratings, regulators can lower ROEs to reduce consumer costs and accelerate the transition to clean energy.

This policy brief by RMI explores the use of advance market commitments (AMCs) as a public procurement tool to decarbonize the concrete and cement sectors, specifically focusing on the United States.

RMI's briefing analyzes the cost-effectiveness of transitioning from gas-burning heating and water heating equipment to electric heat pumps in Southern California. The analysis finds that current and upcoming state, local, and utility incentives can make heat pumps cheaper than conventional gas equipment, even without federal funding, though fragmented application processes and limited funding levels hinder widespread adoption.

This report by the World Resources Institute analyzes the state of clean energy in the United States through 2024, highlighting record growth in solar and battery storage alongside significant headwinds including grid capacity limits, rising local opposition, and policy uncertainty under the Trump administration.

This report by Ember analyzes Indonesia's National Electricity Master Plan (RUKN 2024 - 2060), arguing that planned expansions in captive coal capacity threaten the country's climate goals and the Paris Agreement targets. The report highlights a projected surge in coal generation peaking in 2037 and recommends shifting toward renewables to reduce financial and environmental risks.

RMI proposes a "Power Couples" strategy to meet the surging electricity demands of AI data centers in the United States. This approach involves pairing large electricity consumers with new-build wind, solar, and battery resources located near existing generators with approved grid interconnections, allowing for rapid deployment of clean energy without compromising grid reliability or increasing costs for other ratepayers.

A letter from the Nova Scotia committee of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) to Premier Tim Houston urging the government to maintain bans on hydraulic fracturing and uranium mining due to significant public health and environmental risks.

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) issued a statement on 19 February 2025 regarding the Cabinet's decision to postpone the national budget to 12 March 2025. The IEJ criticizes the withdrawn budget for proposing a regressive VAT increase and failing to adequately resource government priorities, while urging the National Treasury to adopt progressive revenue-raising measures and a developmental fiscal policy.

RMI presents a strategic framework for utility cost control featuring 7 strategies and 16 regulatory levers. The framework aims to counter rising utility costs—driven by infrastructure spending, fossil fuel reliance, and outdated regulatory incentives—by promoting cost-efficiency, better planning, and coordinated regulation to ensure grid reliability and ratepayer affordability.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, produced for the Africa-Europe Foundation, evaluates adaptation progress within the AU-EU partnership and provides recommendations for the European Union to restore trust and close the adaptation gap by COP30.

This briefing by RMI outlines how local governments in Texas can accelerate the deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs) and virtual power plants (VPPs) to enhance grid reliability, reduce costs, and increase resilience against extreme weather.

A case study on the implementation of solar-powered cold rooms in Kenya using a Cooling-as-a-Service (CaaS) model to reduce post-harvest losses for small farmers and traders.

This case study describes Project ASTHA, a collaboration between the NGO PRADAN and Schneider Electric in Sehal Bara Soli, Jharkhand, India. The project replaced unsustainable diesel pumps with solar-powered pumps and installed solar microgrids to address erratic power supplies and monsoon dependence, resulting in increased agricultural productivity, reduced rural-urban migration, and enhanced socio-economic opportunities for women.

This working paper evaluates 18 Nordic Development Fund (NDF) projects to determine if Swedish development finance for climate mitigation is contributing to emission reductions sufficient to meet the Paris Agreement's 1.5 C temperature objective.