Work Area
Energy Access
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COP26: Africa is not a single static data point
The continent’s shift to clean power must be seen in the context of energy shortfalls, growing populations, and big differences between countries.
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Discourse matters: The net-zero agenda and Africa’s priorities
For African countries, issues of adaptation, climate finance and loss and damage are as important as net-zero ambitions.
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Where is sub-Saharan Africa in the race to net-zero?
African governments face more economic needs than zero emissions but meeting those needs will depend on their energy systems evolving.
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CATF statement on IEA report on financing clean energy in developing economies
Washington D.C. – A new report from the International Energy Agency, World Bank, and the World Economic Forum finds that annual clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies will need to increase sevenfold – to more than $1 trillion by 2030 – to put the world on track to achieve net-zero emissions by…
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CATF Experts on the IEA’s Net-Zero by 2050 Report
The IEA released a special report on Tuesday that charts the course for the global energy sector to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, marking “an historic inflection point in the global climate solutions debate,” according to Clean Air Task Force Executive Director Armond Cohen, whose full statement you can…
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Lily Odarno joins Clean Air Task Force as Director of Energy, Development and Climate in Africa
Washington, D.C – Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is pleased to announce that Lily Odarno has joined the organization as Director of Energy, Development and Climate in Africa, leading the launch of a new program to address the dual needs of expanding affordable energy in developing economies and creating a global decarbonized energy system. In this new role, Lily will focus on reframing the global energy…
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State and utility climate change targets shift to carbon reductions, technology diversity
There has been a marked shift in state and utility company energy and climate policies towards ambitious carbon targets and an embrace of diverse technologies to achieve them through “Clean Electricity Standards” (or CES’s). This fact sheet documents this trend, and provides a detailed guide to what states and utilities…
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CATF Statement on Introduction of Smith and Luján CES Bills in Senate and House
Today, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that will set a federal Clean Energy Standard requiring decarbonization of the electric power sector by mid-century. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) is introducing a companion bill in the House. Clean Air Task Force, an NGO dedicated to…
