5th Earth Day since the Paris Agreement

Renewable energy development levels, low-income fossil fuel exporters’ difficult transition to a green economy [View in browser]( [Knoema]( Greetings, {NAME}: Happy Earth Day! Five years ago today, 122 nations signed the Paris Agreement, committing to measures to mitigate climate change. In today's newsletter, we examine how far the largest nations are from achieving their emissions reduction targets and what countries are expected to lose from the transition to the green economy. Get involved! Send us your feedback at [datadriven@knoema.com](mailto:DataDriven@knoema.com). New in Knoema’s Alt Data Catalog [Freightos]( [Freightos]( expands global trade with a freight booking platform that encompasses air, ocean, and trucking carriers, over 2,000 freight forwarders, and tens of thousands of importers and exporters. Beyond providing access to instant price, capacity, booking, and online shipment management data, Freightos also operates the Freightos Baltic Index, the world's only daily container freight index, powered by well over two billion data points. Interested in what Knoema can do for your organization? [Get on a Call]( Data at Knoema On Earth Day, take a look at our world from a different angle with access to Knoema’s most popular datasets on the environment: - [Global GHG and CO2 Emissions]( - [Global Environment Statistics]( - [Environmental Performance Index]( - [Renewable Freshwater Resources]( - [Use of Renewables for Electricity]( - [Air Pollution Causes and Effects Worldwide]( - [Global Climate Risk Index]( - [Sustainable Ocean Economy]( - [Air Quality Data from OpenAQ]( - [Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions by Nation]( Latest Data-Driven Insights [Renewable Energy Generation-1]( Since GHG emissions are associated with climate change, in 2015 many countries committed to reducing their share of emissions by 2030 as part of the Paris Agreement. [Find out]( which countries have the most ambitious 2030 emissions-reduction targets and explore some of these countries’ renewable energy sector developments. [ESG-Related Patents by SDGs of BP vs TOTAL-1]( Data from our partner IPR Strategies allows users to track all environment-related patents of companies worldwide, particularly those related to environmental sustainability, and break them down according to individual UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Check out [this dashboard]( for a comparison of two companies’ ESG patent share and value. [Energy Transition Puts High Economic Burden on Low-Income Fossil Fuel Exporters]( While nations around the world stand to benefit from prevention of excessive global warming, growth of the green economy can also mean economic losses for many low-income fossil fuel exporters, particularly those with GDP per capita of $20 thousand or less and fossil fuel rents exceeding 10% of GDP. Find more data on fossil fuel net exports and resource rents by country on this [dashboard](. [How Renewables Became Competitive with Fossil Fuels-1]( A decade ago, the cost of energy from renewable sources was too high to be competitive with fossil fuels. Today, renewable power generation costs have fallen dramatically, driven by steadily improving technologies, economies of scale, and other factors. Read more about how [renewables became competitive with fossil fuels](. [More DATA-DRIVEN Insights]( Insights Around the Web [National Intelligence Council]( [National Intelligence Council](. Is the world heading into a bleak next two decades, or can our global and domestic challenges be adequately addressed by societies? Investigate five scenarios for global development that could occur by 2040 according to the latest Global Trends report. [ILO]( [ILO](. The number of active digital labor platforms globally increased fivefold over the last decade—from 142 in 2010 to 777 in 2020—while venture capital investments in digital start-ups have grown sixfold between 2010 (US$52 billion) and 2019 (US$295 billion). Data from the latest ILO report enables you to explore the risks and opportunities digital labor platforms generate for governments, businesses, and workers. [THE WIRE]( [THE WIRE](. China has become the first major economy to begin issuing digital currency to its citizens. As of now, 750,000 recipients have been determined by a lottery system and can already spend their digital Yuan in stores and online using a special app. [1db2adb7-c12f-4825-8c72-2bfd1e8c2798-1] Stay well. Charles Poliacof CEO, Knoema [knoema.com]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( Copyright © 2021 Knoema. All rights reserved. You received this email because you are a registered Knoema user. Our mailing address is: Knoema, 31 East 32nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, United States [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](