Category: Report

January 11 2024

Carbon Offset Demand Hits Record in 2023 Off Huge December

Companies reaffirmed their commitments to their net-zero goals by purchasing and retiring a record 164 million of these offsets in 2023.

January 8 2024

Climate Transition Plans Gain Momentum from Policy, Banks

Climate transition plans are entering the mainstream, as policy makers and financial institutions search for credible proofs that carbon-emitting industries and companies are moving toward net zero.

January 4 2024

Electrified Transport Market Outlook 4Q 2023: Growth Ahead

With 3.7 million units sold globally in 3Q 2023, electric vehicles made up 18% of total passenger vehicle sales in the world.

January 3 2024

BNEF Clean Energy Exposure Ratings: 4Q 2023 Update

BloombergNEF’s Clean Energy Exposure Ratings (CEERs) assess the share of company revenues drawn from clean energy activities, and rates firms from A1 (high exposure) to A5 (no exposure).

December 20 2023

Not Quite a COP-Out in Dubai

Away from the wrangling in Dubai, some policymakers make some progress on implementing some of the programs needed to achieve the Paris goals.

December 18 2023

2H 2023 LCOE Update: An Uneven Recovery

The cost of recently-financed projects is lower than twelve months ago for most major power-generating technologies.

December 14 2023

Financing the Transition: Energy Supply Investment and Bank-Facilitated Financing Ratios 2022

Investment in energy supply, including low-carbon sources, increased last year as the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a spike in commodity prices and capital investment in energy assets.

December 8 2023

Ten Case Studies Highlight the Financial Costs of Nature-related Risk

In collaboration with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), BNEF has examined 10 instances of companies suffering material financial losses from poorly handled interactions with nature.

December 5 2023

Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook: COP28 Edition

By Colin McKerracher, Head of Advanced Transport, BloombergNEF With the climate and energy world gathering in Dubai this week for COP, BloombergNEF has published its annual zero emission vehicle factbook. We first launched this report at COP26 in Glasgow to provide a comprehensive picture on where we are on the journey to cleaning up road […]

December 1 2023

Mobilizing Capital in and to Emerging Markets

In 2022, some 75% of new power generation capacity added in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), excluding China[1], was low-carbon. Energy transition investment in these markets reached a new record of $85 billion, up 10% from 2021. However, low-carbon investment in and to EMDEs continues to fall significantly short of what is required to […]