Further Reading
Climate Finance & The Adaptation Gap
- UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2024 — The definitive source on the $394B annual adaptation funding shortfall. Read report
- UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2024 — Tracks global emissions trajectories vs. Paris targets. Read report
- OECD Climate Finance Provision 2024 — Official data on public and private climate finance flows. OECD database
- World Bank Climate Finance Report 2024 — Global climate finance at $632B — mostly private, barely trickling to adaptation. World Bank
- Climate Finance Institute — Independent analysis of climate fund governance and distribution. cfi.org
Energy Storage & Grid Infrastructure
- IEA World Energy Investment 2024 — $1.8T in clean energy investment, with battery storage at record levels. IEA report
- IEA Energy Market Report 2024 — Real-time data on energy transition across G20 nations. IEA report
- IEA Green Hydrogen 2024 — Cost curves and project pipeline for green hydrogen. IEA report
- China NEA 14th Five-Year Plan — Energy Storage — The NEA's 30GW/150GWh target and beyond. NEA publications
- BloombergNEF Energy Storage Market Outlook 2024 — Grid-scale battery costs, deployment trends, and pricing. BNEF outlook
China Energy & Policy Analysis
- China National Energy Administration (NEA) — Primary source for China's energy policy, storage procurement, and grid planning. nea.gov.cn
- China Energy Data Handbook — Comprehensive data on China's energy mix, capacity, and projections. ceadata.com
- Ember Global Electricity Review 2024 — China's coal vs. renewables — the real balance. Ember report
- China Power Project (Stanford) — Real-time data on China's power sector transition. energy.mit.edu
Climate Adaptation & Resilience
- IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report — The definitive scientific assessment. ipcc.ch
- IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCL) — Land-based adaptation strategies. SRCL
- World Resources Institute — Climate Adaptment Hub — Practical adaptation data by region. WRI
- Global Center on Adaptation — Adaptation investment tracker and country-level analysis. gca.org
- Loss and Damage Finance Tracker — Tracking climate catastrophe funding gaps. UNDP
Data Platforms & Tools
- Global Carbon Project — Real-time CO2 emissions tracking. gcp.org
- Our World in Data — Climate Change — Open data visualizations of emissions, temperature, and energy. ourworldindata.org
- Climate Action Tracker — Country-by-country climate pledge tracking. climateactiontracker.org
- Renewables Global Status Report (REN21) — Global renewable energy deployment data. REN21
- Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) — Wind power capacity and project data. gwec.net
More sources will be added as research deepens. If you know of a key source not listed here, let me know.