Subscribe now

Environment

The most encouraging climate solutions and green technologies of 2024

Renewable energy continued to grow in 2024, and there were other hopeful developments in technologies aiming to reverse the rise in greenhouse gas emissions

By James Dinneen

17 December 2024

The cargo sailing ship Anemos made its first transatlantic voyage in 2024

Ronan Gladu/TOWT

By any measure, the world isn’t reducing greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to stay in line with climate targets and avoid dangerous levels of global warming. Emissions rose by 1.3 per cent in 2023 and have continued at record levels through 2024. Despite the profusion of companies and countries pledging to cut emissions to net zero, we have seen precious little sign of the action required to hit these targets.

However, the world has made important progress to speed up the deployment of clean energy technologies…

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up

To continue reading, subscribe today with our introductory offers