We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and demand will impact the future of fossil fuel-exposed companies and projects. This analysis helps the investment community better understand the financial implications of tackling climate change
We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
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We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
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Companies around the world are setting net zero by 2050 targets. Despite that, our analysis shows that of 134 carbon-intensive...
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Net Zero has become an energy transition delay tactic, driven by incumbents, but it is unlikely to work - as we detail in this...
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In this edition of our Transition Files Journal, we celebrate our coverage of US Power and Utilities corporates with a rigorous...
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Major oil and gas companies still have choices about how to minimise the risk of having stranded assets, for now. Early in...
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Transition Plan Analysis (TPA) Level 2 Despite differing views on climate change, it cannot escape anyone’s attention that...
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Key Findings: Shell has made a significant effort to improve the amount, depth and frequency of information in its approach...
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Transition Plan Analysis (TPA) Level 1 Despite differing views on climate change, it cannot escape anyone’s attention that...
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There must have been a time in the 1920s some 20 years after the introduction of the Model T Ford in the United States, and with...
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Download Infographic Here The energy transition may well be determined by the phenomenon of S-curves. This is because the future...
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Decarbonising CCGT, grids & Scope 3 Emissions Engie needs to consider retiring merchant CCGT capacity. Its plans to...
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Transition Plan Analysis: For Naturgy to be fully aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, five things need to...
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Transition Plan Analysis: Engie’s plans to reduce carbon intensity for scope 1 and 3 emissions from generation are not...
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For Centrica to be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, four things need to happen: The company needs to...
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Viewed as an established authority on the latest energy trends, the annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) informs both investment and...
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Carbon Tracker Research in an Energy Transition Context: October through November 2022 COP27 Special Report: African...
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The war in Ukraine is a further example of the inherent fragility of the world fossil fuel system. It is accelerating the energy...
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The Transition Files In Volume 1, this journal comprises: an article on SHELL, another on Discounted Cash Flows, and one on...
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For many decades fossil hydrogen has been an integral part of our energy society. From being an essential component for powering...
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Fossil fuel commodity prices are likely to remain volatile with the prospect for further embargos. This is a manifestation of non...
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As temperatures accelerate towards 1.5˚C, near-term actions that limit global warming would reduce losses and damages related to...
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On a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s controversial and highly influential podcast, Canadian psychology professor and best-selling...
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Market-based pricing for gas saved EU consumers billions – until this winter's energy crunch came along. Europe’s exposure to...
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To keep 1.5°C alive, immediate action on methane emissions is required from the oil and gas industry, with significant impact...
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There is a paradox at the heart of expertise: those who have accumulated the most authority in an industry are often those least...
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The world has changed a lot since Paris; so too should the logic of climate mitigation. Mitigating climate change is no longer...
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On Monday 9th August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered a climate report warning of ‘code red for...
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The fossil energy system is falling over the edge of the demand cliff. 2019 was likely peak fossil fuel demand and this marks...
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Fossil fuel electricity generation has peaked worldwide as emerging market countries seize the opportunities of low-cost...
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The IEA’s latest piece on minerals[1] critical to the energy transition gives a rather pessimistic spin to what was some very...
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Solar and wind potential is far higher than that of fossil fuels and can meet global energy demand many times over, unlocking...
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Smart investments and viral ideas in pandemic recovery and contagious new tools for deeper, cheaper energy efficiency could speed...
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Carbon Tracker's New Energy Strategist Kingsmill Bond argues the election of Joe Biden on a ticket to restore America's climate...
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Carbon Tracker's Christmas Cracker had a makeover in 2020. This infographic originally went out in our December newsletter,...
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Falling battery prices and the decarbonisation of transport systems in emerging markets will reduce dependency on oil imports and...
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Guest post by Carbon Tracker advisory board member Nick Robins - reposted with permission from the author If there is one...
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The exit of Trump removes the greatest impediment to the energy transition, and will unleash a great era of creativity and...
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Explorers use maps intensively, but they take the information recorded in the charts they use with a few grains of salt, knowing...
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A key tipping point was reached in 2019. Global demand for fossil fuels peaked and is unlikely ever to recover to its pre-crisis...
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One of the world’s leading energy forecasters released a report this morning arguing that 2019 was the peak of the fossil fuel...
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The oil and petrochemical industries are betting their future growth prospects on demand for plastics. But plastics demand is...
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Click here to view Carbon Tracker's Annual Review 2019 In 2019 our objective was to accelerate the energy transition by...
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The Earth's temperatures continue to rise causing catastrophic climate change. The risks of climate change are having major...
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The energy transition is disrupting the entire fossil fuel system, with profound consequences for financial markets and...
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The COVID-19 pandemic shut economies, disrupted established global production chains and pressed an indefinite pause on the...
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The IEA on Thursday[1] released some eye-watering projections for energy demand declines in 2020 in the light of the Covid19...
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The 2019 report on the Speed of the Energy Transition by the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Energy described two...
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At this time of crisis, the immediate issue is to solve the health and economic emergencies, and we salute the heroes of the...
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I was sitting in a hot tub in Leningrad in the summer of 1990 when I realised the Soviet Union would fall. There were five of...
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Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We recognise that there is...
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Gradual or Rapid Energy Transition: What path are we on? The energy industry is complex, and understanding the major trends...
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The Amazon is burning, Greenland is melting, the US is rolling back environmental protections, and the energy sector consensus is...
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Falling renewable costs and intermittency solutions drive a tipping point for the Inevitable Policy Response The Inevitable...
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During the inaugural London Climate Action Week - Carbon Tracker co-hosted the Climate Risk and the Capital Domino Effect event...
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The argument is often made that oil reserves have high natural decline rates which necessitate the continuous investment in and...
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By Anthony Hobley Attending Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is like being thrown into the centre of...
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The political tipping point is coming. The falling costs of renewables are driving a political tipping point where politicians...
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Our New Energy Strategist co-authored this report for the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Fundamental changes...
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What can the global oil and gas sector learn from the decline of the European electricity sector after 2007? The story of the...
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In the 2014 film Merchants of Doubt a small group of well funded lobbyists cast doubts over the science linking tobacco to lung...
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Myth 3. Hard-to-abate sectors prevent an energy transition This is the third of the Energy Transition Myth Busters series,...
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Our Take on OECD Green Finance 2018 Over 2 days in Paris, 13-14 November business leaders, Government policy makers, NGOs and...
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Myth 2. The intermittency of renewables will prevent the transition This is the second of the Energy Transition Myth Busters...
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Myth 1. Renewable energy sources are too small to impact the giant fossil fuel sector. This is the first of a series on the...
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The peak in fossil fuel demand will have a dramatic impact on financial markets in the 2020s. The global energy system is...
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This study updates our report 2 Degrees of Separation, and for the first time quantifies risk of overinvestment under a 1.75ᵒC...
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If you read just one thing this year…… first, it’s December! What took you so long?......second, make it this. Much...
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What have Las Vegas casinos got in common with tackling climate change and transitioning to a low carbon economy? More than you...
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Does the oil major’s 2017 Energy Perspectives mark new thinking for the company? On June 8th, Statoil published the 2017...
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Glencore released a report last week ahead of its Annual General Meeting aimed at assessing the long-term implications of climate...
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Former UN climate change chief Christiana Figueres brings new urgency to the global climate conversation with a campaign to...
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This report was produced in partnership between Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London. The...
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Guest post by Jeremy Leggett, Non-executive chairman of Carbon Tracker The global energy transition remains in...
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WEO 2016 also warns of disjointed scenario if energy transition is delayed. Scenarios are not forecasts The scenarios produced...
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Guest post by Kingsmill Bond, new energy analyst at Trusted Sources (research & consultancy) The orthodox view is that...
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In 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a major opportunity to develop a new industry, an opportunity that became something of...
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Just because one of Britain's best loved vehicles rolled off the production line for the last time last week doesn't...
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This report is designed to challenge the conventional thinking and linear models which dominate the current scenarios for energy...
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This paper, first presented at the 1st Global Stranded Assets Conference, hosted by the Smith School in Oxford September 2015,...
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“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi I recently attended a...
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This guest post by Paul Gilding, an independent writer, corporate advisor and advocate for action on climate change and...
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First appeared in BusinessGreen Will the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris later this year be a...
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Rising greenhouse gas emissions are often talked about as a one-time, irreversible natural experiment with the climate...
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First appeared in BusinessGreen Through our pioneering “Carbon Bubble” work we used a simple idea and easy numbers to...
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First appeared in BusinessGreen Ahead of the Paris climate talks the burning question for policy makers and investors is how...
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Carbon Tracker is developing a transition road map for the fossil fuel industry. This will outline the steps we believe that the...
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This Carbon Tracker report shows how rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can...
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Carbon Tracker’s ultimate vision is a climate-secure energy and financial system. This does not mean fossil fuels being...
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