New Energy
Why Electrification Is the Climate Story of 2026
Ember strategist Kingsmill Bond joins Zero to explain why we are seeing rapid electrification and why countries that ignore the trend are likely to struggle
A wind turbine in a field in Muzillac, Brittany, France.
Photographer: Juliette Pavy/BloombergDecarbonizing energy is just one part of the climate story. The other half is electrifying as much as possible.
That is why electrification, not decarbonization, is likely going to be the most important climate story of 2026. Kingsmill Bond is a strategist at thinktank Ember and the author of a paper called the Electrotech Revolution.