UN climate chief Simon Stiell delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11th, 2024. | Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP via Getty Images Governments around the world agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade during pivotal United Nations climate talks at a summit in Dubai last year. As the annual climate negotiations kick off again this week, there's been some progress on that goal - but not nearly enough.An assessment of national energy plans says that countries are on track to double global renewable energy capacity by 2030. There's a lot of opportunity for growth with the falling cost of wind and solar, but whether policymakers are ready to ditch fossil fuels is a trickier question.Renewables markets have moved, but governments' ambitions have not."Renewables markets have moved, but governments' ambitions have not," Katye Altieri,... Continue reading...