Version 2.0.0
The Systems Change Lab team strives to continually update data, improve functions and add new capabilities to the platform. Continue reading for the latest suite of new features, bug fixes and improvements included in update version 2.0.0.
MAJOR DATA UPDATES
Our annual system updates have been released! Take a look at our power, transport, finance, industry, and technological carbon removal systems which feature new indicators, datasets and highlights.
A detailed list of what data was updated can be found below.
If you have any questions about our data updates, contact our data team at data@systemschangelab.org.
Power
- Share of coal in electricity generation – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Share of unabated fossil gas in electricity generation – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Premature deaths from air pollution – added country-level data
- Number of banks reducing lending for fossil fuel projects – added 2021 data
- NEW: Investments in early coal phaseout
- Share of zero-carbon sources in electricity generation – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Annual capacity additions of renewable energy – added 2022 data
- Renewable electricity capacity per capita in developing vs. developed countries – added 2022 data
- Number of countries with regulatory frameworks for renewable electricity generation – added 2020 and 2021 data
- Number of countries with renewable energy generation/capacity targets – added 2022 data
- Ratio of investment in renewables vs. fossil fuels – added 2023 data
- Number of jobs in renewable energy industry – added disaggregate data
- Total annual investment in zero-carbon power systems – revised data calculations and added 2023 data
- NEW: Cost of capital for renewable energy projects
- NEW: Renewable energy permitting process duration
- NEW: Total energy storage capacity
- NEW: Total transmission grid capacity
- NEW: Total distribution grid capacity
- Number of countries with financial incentives for energy storage – added 2023 data
- Annual global investment in distribution grids – added 2022 data
- Annual global investment in transmission grids – added 2022 data
- Global investment in battery storage – added 2023 data
- NEW: Electricity grid permitting process duration
- NEW: Cost of energy storage technologies
- Population without access to electricity – added data
- Average electricity outage duration per customer by country – revised data calculations
- Average frequency of electricity outages per customer by country – revised data calculations
- Percent of public expenditure available to implement financial support and professional conversion programs – added country-level data
- Number of human rights allegations in critical minerals mining – added 2022 data
- Number of countries with strong electrification plans – added 2020 and 2021 data
Transport
- Share of kilometers traveled by passenger cars – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Passenger rail activity by country – data removed as BloombergNEF New Energy Outlook is no longer publicly available
- Rail network length by country – updated data with new source
- NEW: Bus rapid transit ridership
- NEW: Total investment in rapid transit systems
- NEW: Total investment in bike lanes
- Share of electric vehicles in light-duty vehicle sales – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data, now on track
- Share of electric vehicles in the light-duty fleet – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Share of electric vehicles in two- and three-wheeler sales – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Share of battery electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles in medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle sales – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Share of battery electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles in bus sales – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Jurisdictions with internal combustion engine phase-out targets – added 2022 data
- Countries with zero-emission electric vehicle sales mandates – updated calculations from “number of jurisdictions” to “number of countries”
- Number of public charging stations – updated with 2022 data
- Number of human rights allegations in critical minerals mining – updated with 2022 data
- NEW: Average cost of a new light-duty electric vehicle
- NEW: Average cost of a new medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles
- Number of countries with policies supporting the development of advanced biofuels – updated calculations from “number of jurisdictions” to “number of countries”
- Number of major freight demanding companies committing to use zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040 – added 2023 data
- Governments in Mission Innovation's Zero-Emission Shipping Mission – added 2023 data
- NEW: Investments in research and development for aviation
- NEW: Investments in research and development for shipping
- NEW: Cost of sustainable aviation fuels
- NEW: Cost of zero-emission shipping fuels
Finance
Shift updates
The order of the shifts has been updated to emphasize the finance system’s major role of facilitating capital investments in physical assets that can enable the decarbonization of the economy and protection of nature. As a result, shifts have been rephrased by replacing the formulation of “finance” with “investment.”
More information on the system’s methodology can be found on our Methodology page.
Data updates
- NEW: Total capital investment in the low-carbon energy system (focus on public)
- Public climate finance flows – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Total finance for nature-based solutions (focus on public) – updated 2019 data with deflators
- Total climate finance flows to developing countries (focus on public) – updated targets. Click the tooltip icon on the page for more information on the target
- Public investments in low-carbon energy innovation, starting with research, development and demonstration – updated data source
- NEW: Total capital investment in the low-carbon energy system (focus on private)
- Cost of capital for low-carbon technologies, starting with renewable energy – added disaggregate data
- Ratio of investments in low-carbon to fossil fuel energy systems – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Private climate finance flows – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Total finance for nature-based solutions (focus on private) – updated 2019 data with deflators
- Total climate finance flows to developing countries (focus on private) – updated targets. Click the tooltip icon on the page for more information on the target
- Total capital investment in high-carbon assets, starting with fossil fuel production and power generation – updated data source
- Cost of capital for high-carbon assets, starting with fossil fuel production – added disaggregate data
- Public finance for fossil fuels – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Fossil fuel subsidies – added 2023 data and converted to an enabler and barrier
- Decline of corporate deforestation, as measured by the share of the world's corporations most responsible for forest loss that are implementing their deforestation commitments – added 2022 data and updated data collection methodology
- Share of the world's largest corporations effectively measuring and disclosing climate risks and management, as measured by adoption of existing reporting standards aligned with TCFD recommendations – added 2023 data and updated data collection methodology
- Share of global GHG emissions under mandatory corporate climate risk disclosure – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Share of GHG emissions covered by direct carbon pricing consistent with 1.5-degrees-C pathway – added 2023 data
- Weighted average global direct carbon price – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Share of global GHG emissions covered by direct carbon pricing – added 2023 data
Technological Carbon Removal
- Scale up technological carbon removal at a rate that puts us on track for multi-gigaton scale removal by 2050 – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Number of governments investing in carbon removal research, development and demonstration – added 2022 data
- Total public spending on carbon removal research, development and demonstration – added country-level data
- Number of governments providing carbon removal deployment support – added 2023 data
- Number of governments providing funding for carbon removal enabling infrastructure – added 2022 and 2023 data
- Number of companies purchasing carbon removal credits – added 2022 data
- Total corporate spending on carbon removal credits – added 2022 data
- Number of governments considering equity and sustainability in their carbon removal investments – added 2023 data
- Number of companies considering equity and sustainability in their carbon removal investments – added 2023 data
Industry
- Share of electricity in industry sector final energy demand – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Carbon intensity per ton of cement – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Number of low-carbon cement facilities planned to become operational – added 2022 and 2023 data
- Number of announced low-carbon cement projects – added 2022 data
- Carbon intensity per ton of steel – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
- Number of announced low-carbon steel projects – added 2022 data
- Total installed electrolyzer capacity – added 2018-2022 data
- Green hydrogen production – updated with State of Climate Action 2023 data
NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
- We have improved the backend of our platform to load our data quicker.
- The map view now displays brighter and more accessible colors, making our data easier to read for all users.
- Curious what indicators have country-level data available? Check out our grid view with a new feature called “Filter by Country.”
- Improved unit handling for global and country-level data