In the battle against fossil fuels, will trees save us?
This week’s Expert’s Pick takes us to the village of Paruyr Sevak in southern Armenia, where the mayor is proud to report the planting of...
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Expert’s Pick: A rebuttal to the promise of ‘green growth’
Our Project Manager & Analyst Hannah E. Murdock chose an article featured in Newsweek for this week’s expert’s pick. The article, How We Can Have...
Expert’s Pick: Reflecting on the past 10 years in energy
This week’s expert’s pick comes in the form of a podcast, chosen by our Research & Community Management intern Fiona Corcoran. Fiona picked The Energy...
Expert’s Pick: Smart Cities, Dumb Cities… What’s the future of cities?
55% of the world’s population lives in cities. We know that cities will play a key part in the change to renewable energy. But what...
Expert’s Pick: Why there is no competition in the nuclear vs. renewables debate
For this week’s Expert’s Pick, Outreach & Communications Manager Laura E. Williamson has chosen Nuclear power ‘cannot rival renewable energy’, an article written by Paul...
Our 2018-2019 Annual Report is out
We’ve just released our latest annual report. The past two years have been busy, exciting and a period of exceptional growth for REN21. We continued...
Expert’s Pick: Fukushima leading Japan’s energy transition
Fukushima, a prefecture in north-east Japan notorious for the terrible nuclear accident that occurred there in March 2011, is planning to power its electricity with...
Round 1 Peer Review for GSR2020 is live
Peer Review (round 1) for the Renewables 2020 Global Status Report (GSR 2020) begins today (13 January) and runs until 26 January. This year’s GSR reflects...
Expert’s Pick: Fossil fuel companies and climate action
It could seem naive to expect some of the greatest emitters – oil and gas companies – to act in the name of climate action....
2020 is Almost Here: Reflecting on COP25
REN21 Executive Secretary Rana Adib wrote an editorial for our latest newsletter, reflecting on COP25. Read below and access our full newsletter here. Dear...
