Energy & Climate
All topics →Renewables, CO2, petrostates, commodity prices, energy transition
Research (10)
Carbon Cost of Growth
Can a country get richer without cooking the planet? Some have. Most haven't. We tracked GDP growth against CO2 emissions for 30 years — the decoupling story is real, but incomplete.
Carbon Inequality
The countries drowning in rising seas didn't cause the flood. We mapped who emitted what, when — and the per-capita gap is staggering.
Climate Vulnerability vs Emissions
Chad emits less CO2 in a year than a US state does in a day. Chad is also one of the most climate-vulnerable countries on Earth. The injustice is measurable.
The Energy-Prosperity Ladder
There is a clear energy consumption threshold countries must cross for human development. Below ~4,000 kWh per capita, every additional kilowatt-hour transforms lives. Above 10,000, you're just heating empty rooms.
Agricultural Trade & Food Prices
The Arab Spring wasn't about politics. It started with the price of bread. We traced how global commodity spikes ripple into food crises — and who gets hit first.
Green Growth or Greenwash
Europe's emissions fell 30%. Its manufactured imports rose 40%. Coincidence? We tested whether 'decoupling' is real or just offshored pollution.
Oil Price & Fiscal Breakeven
Saudi Arabia needs $80 oil to pay its bills. It didn't always. We estimated fiscal breakeven prices for every major oil producer — and tracked how they rose.
Petrostates Under Pressure
What happens when the world stops buying your only product? We mapped oil dependency, fiscal breakevens, and diversification progress for every petrostate. Most aren't ready.
Renewable Transition Scoreboard
Which countries are actually transitioning to renewables — and which are just talking about it? We ranked every country by solar and wind adoption. The leaders aren't who you'd expect.
Commodity Supercycles & Inflation
Every inflation crisis in 50 years was foreshadowed by commodity markets. We traced the supercycles — and what they tell us about where we are now.
Explainers (6)
Capacity factor
Why a country with 10 GW of solar capacity doesn't actually get 10 GW of electricity.
Carbon leakage
When strict climate policy in one country just pushes emissions across the border.
Consumption vs territorial emissions
The accounting trick that lets rich countries claim they're decarbonizing while importing carbon-heavy goods.
Dutch disease
How a resource windfall can hollow out the rest of your economy — and why the real disease is mismanagement.
Energy intensity
How much energy it takes to produce a dollar of GDP — and why the trend can mislead you.
Fiscal breakeven: the price that keeps the lights on
Every petrostate has a magic number — the oil price needed to balance the budget. It almost always goes up.