The transition to clean energy — how are we doing? (Hint: not very well)

Twelve beautiful, but sad, charts and graphs tell the story of our global transition to clean energy: Using beautifully clear visuals that lay out all the essential science and economics behind green energy policy, Vox’s David Robertsdigests 250 pages of the recently published Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) to demonstrate how our progress has been and what we need to be doing to have any chance of slowing climate change.

A few takeaways: Global carbon emissions were up 1.7% in 2018, while global fossil fuel subsidies were up 11% y-o-y in 2017 to USD 300 bn. Investment in renewable energy (excluding hydropower) last year was USD 288.9 bn — an 11% percent decrease from 2017. Renewables are pulling ahead in the power sector, with solar creating the most jobs.