Investment in renewable energy—wind and solar energy—is increasing globally. Businesses around the globe investing in sustainable sources of energy help combat climate change.

Last year’s COP28 meeting produced an ambitious goal: More than 100 countries pledged to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. Nearly one year later, the world is not on track to hit this target.

Renewable power in the United States is still just a small piece of the overall power pie, making up around 5% (excluding hydro power) of the electricity produced in 2013.

The solar photovoltaic sector was the largest employer in the renewable energy industry last year, accounting for 3.4 million jobs, up from 3.1 million in 2016, according to International ...

In a recent agreement with the United States, China said it would speed up renewable energy deployment to “accelerate the substitution for coal, oil and gas generation” and agreed to pursue ...

On balance, more Americans think a renewable energy transition would make local job opportunities in the energy sector better (49%) than worse (25%). Concerns are more pronounced when it comes to ...

At EU level, renewables make up the largest share of power generation, followed by fossil fuels and nuclear energy.The percentage of renewable energy and other types of energy used to produce power is ...