EVs, Nuclear and Forever Chemicals: Climate Predictions for 2025
Bloomberg Green looks at how energy markets, consumer spending and diplomacy will shape the future of the planet this year.
Raincoats will be under the microscope in California and New York in 2025 as both states will enforce laws on clothes that could contain forever chemicals.
Photographer: Liudmila Chernetska/iStockphotoFrom record solar installations to rising electric vehicle sales, the world is in many ways ramping up the fight against global warming.
Yet there are coal-black swans waiting to disrupt the green transition this year. From the US to Japan, power demand is expected to significantly increase as data centers demand more electricity for artificial intelligence. This is forcing some utilities to rethink the phase-out dates of their fossil-fuel power stations. (It’s also causing nuclear energy to have a revival too.)