Global Energy Monitor

Global Energy Monitor is a San Francisco-based non-governmental organization which catalogs worldwide fossil fuel projects and shares information in support of clean energy.[1]

Global Energy Monitor
AbbreviationGEM
Formation2008 (2008)
Typenon-governmental organization
Legal status501(c)(3) organization
Purposeresearch and analysis
HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
Region served
Worldwide
Executive Director
Ted Nace
Staff
5-15
Websiteglobalenergymonitor.org/
Formerly called
Coalswarm

History

Global Energy Monitor was founded by Ted Nace in 2008. Originally named "Coalswarm", and affiliated with Earth Island Institute, it created a tracker database of global coal-fired power stations that became "widely respected" by academic researchers, media outlets, and governments.[2] In 2018, GEM became an independent organization and expanded coverage to include natural gas pipelines, steel plants, coal mines, and other energy infrastructures.

Research

GEMs bi-annual reports on trends are widely cited by governments, media, and academic researchers, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Istanbul Policy Center, Mercator Research Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oxfam, Pembina Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, Urgewald (in German Wikipedia), World Wide Fund for Nature, Sierra Club, Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, and International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG), among others.[3]

Major Reports
  • Boom and Bust (2020)
  • Gambling On Gas: Risks Grow For Japan’s $20 Billion LNG Financing Spree (2020)
  • Gas Bubble 2020: Tracking Global LNG Infrastructure (2020)
  • How Plans for New Coal Are Changing Around the World (2019)
  • A Coal Phase-Out Pathway for 1.5°C (2018)

See also

References
  1. "North American drilling boom threatens big blow to climate efforts, study finds". The Guardian. 25 April 2019.
  2. "The race to build a better battery". RN. 2 March 2019.
  3. "Global 'collapse' in number of new coal-fired power plants". The Guardian. 28 March 2019.

Further reading
  • Thurber, Mark (2019). Coal. Polity Press. ISBN 978-1509514014.

Fossil fuel trackers
  1. "Coal's end game: The dirtiest fossil fuel is on the back foot". The Economist. 3 December 2020.
  2. "Malaysian bank to phase out coal finance, in a victory for campaigners foot". Climate Home News. 12 August 2020.
  3. "North America driving global oil and gas pipeline 'boom'". Phys.org. 15 April 2019.
  4. "Gas leaks—and it's worse than we thought". NRDC. 16 December 2020.
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