Global investment in renewable energy up 10% on 2024 despite Trump rollback | Renewable energy

The investment in renewable energies has continued to increase worldwide despite the movements of the White House by Donald Trump to cancel and derail projects with low carbon content.

In the first half of 2025, investment in the world in technologies and renewable projects reached a record of $ 386 billion, up approximately 10% over the same period last year.

Energy investment worldwide is expected to reach around $ 3.3 billions (2.4 tn £) this year. While more than $ 1 TM of total dollars are still likely to flow into fossil fuels, double this amount – approximately 2.2 TN – is expected for low carbon energy forms.

A report by Zero Carbon Analytics Thinktank, published on Tuesday, shows that the increase in renewable energy investment has not slowed significantly. Between the first half of 2023 and 2024, the total increased by 12% and from 2022 to 2023, the increase was 17%.

Joanne Bentley-Mckune, group research analyst, said: “This shows that the sector still has momentum and underlying force. There was a drop [in the rate of growth] But that aligns the average [of the last three years]And suggests that investment in renewable energy is more resilient than what could have been planned. »»

The finance for the wind onshore and offshore increased by about a quarter to the first half of this year, reaching 126 billion pounds sterling. China and Europe were the largest offshore wind markets.

Since January of this year, at least $ 470 billion in future financing of clean energy have been announced, according to the report, of which about three -quarters are planned for energy networks and the transmission of electricity. This is good news for governments hoping to reach their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, because aging and inadequate networks have been a major bottleneck for the achievement of renewable energies.

A separate report, also published on Tuesday, revealed that large companies also continue to continue with their climatic promises, despite the hostility of the administration of Donald Trump in the United States, and some large-scale measures to bring the commitments.

According to data compiled by the Net Zero Tracker, a research consortium made up of Thinktanks and academics, companies representing around 70% of the income from the 2,000 main companies listed in the world was actively pursuing Net Zero plans.

While Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Paris climate agreement and dismantled federal efforts to combat the climate crisis, all the United States has not followed the example of the federal government: 19 states remain attached to Net Zero, and 304 large companies whose headquarters are in the United States are clear zero objectives, against 279 last year. Together, these companies represent almost two thirds of the revenues of American companies, or about 12 TN of income worldwide.

John Lang, the main author of the report, said that the impact of the White House on climatic decisions taken by large companies seemed limited. “The speech of a zero net recession is exaggerated. The backtrack is confined to fossil fuels and their financiers, while more and more companies go from boot to the boot to the repair-an expected reset for a long time,” he said.

But countries and businesses must go more quickly, depending on the report. Although more are put in place measures to match their commitments, there is always a big gap between aspiration and action.

Thomas Hale, professor of global public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government of the University of Oxford, said: “American companies know that they must keep the rhythm of the EU, China and other regions where climate policy is increasingly sharing competitiveness. Net Zero is less a political battlefield and more a breed to secure future markets, investments and jobs. ”