## [Platform and Data Updates, March & April 2025](/news/platform-and-data-updates-march-april-2025)

The Systems Change Lab team strives to continually update data, improve functions and add new capabilities to the platform. We have made the following updates to our platform to align with the [economics](https://systemschangelab.org/economics) launch.

### PLATFORM UPDATES

- Replaced finance shift 6 “Price greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental harms” with economics shift 3 “[Transform economic policies to accelerate action for climate, nature and equity](https://systemschangelab.org/economics/green-fiscal-policy).”
- In accordance with the economics launch, we have relocated the following indicators:
    
    | #### Indicator | #### Old shift | #### New shift |
    |---|---|---|
    | Harmful fisheries subsidies | Finance shift 3: Eliminate harmful subsidies and investments | Economics shift 3: Transform economic policies to accelerate action for climate, nature and equity |
    | Unsustainable agricultural subsidies on natural resource overuse |
    | Fossil fuel subsidies |
    | Countries committed to reform fossil fuel subsidies |
    | Fishing subsidies that support fishing communities |
    | Fishing subsidies reallocated toward sustainable fishing practices |
    | Countries with biodiversity-relevant subsidies |
    | GHG emissions covered by carbon prices consistent with a 1.5°C pathway | Finance shift 6: Price greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental harms |
    | Weighted average global direct carbon price |
    | Global GHG emissions covered by direct carbon pricing |
    | Environmental tax revenue |
    | Carbon revenue recycled for environmental and equity goals |
    | Countries covered by ETS and carbon taxes |
    | Total market value of carbon trading via emissions trading systems |
    | Environmentally related taxes, fees and charges on air pollution |
    | Environmentally related taxes, fees and charges on harm to the marine environment |
    | Environmentally related taxes, fees and charges on waste |
    | Environmentally related taxes, fees and charges on water pollution |
    | Number of countries with biodiversity-relevant taxes, fees, charges and tradable permits |
    | Countries with taxes and charges on single-use plastics |
    | Public support for increased public green investments | Finance shift 1: Scale up public investment for climate and nature |


### DATA UPDATES


#### Finance

All the finance indicators listed above have been updated, plus:

- [Mobile money transactions](https://systemschangelab.org/finance/extend-economic-and-financial-inclusion-underserved-and-marginalized-groups?indicatorId=2122&tab=map) – updated global data
- [ATM availability](https://systemschangelab.org/finance/extend-economic-and-financial-inclusion-underserved-and-marginalized-groups?indicatorId=2121&tab=map#indicator-2121) – added country-level data
- [Countries with a sustainable finance taxonomy](https://systemschangelab.org/finance/ensure-financial-system-accounts-climate-and-nature-related-risks?indicatorId=2111&tab=timeline#indicator-2111) – updated global and country-level data
- [Special Drawing Rights allocations to low- and middle-income countries](https://systemschangelab.org/finance/scale-public-investment-climate-and-nature?indicatorId=2179&tab=timeline#indicator-2179) – added one more year of historical data

#### Circular Economy

- [Countries with deposit-refund and pay-as-you-throw schemes](https://systemschangelab.org/circular-economy/increase-quantity-and-value-resources-recovered-end-use?indicatorId=1544&tab=timeline#indicator-1544) – updated historical data
- [Countries requiring product durability information](https://systemschangelab.org/circular-economy/use-products-longer?indicatorId=1493&tab=timeline#indicator-1493) – updated data
- [Human rights violations in resource extraction](https://systemschangelab.org/circular-economy/minimize-environmental-and-social-harms-resource-extraction?indicatorId=2226&tab=timeline#indicator-2226) – updated data
- [Lifetime of electronics](https://systemschangelab.org/circular-economy/use-products-longer?indicatorId=1500&tab=disaggregate) – added EU data for 2023
- [Age of automobiles in use](https://systemschangelab.org/circular-economy/use-products-longer?indicatorId=1497&tab=disaggregate) – added limited data for LATAM countries, Great Britain, and updated values for USA and the EU

#### Power

- [Regulatory frameworks for renewable electricity](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://systemschangelab.org/power/rapidly-scale-zero-carbon-electricity-generation?indicatorId%3D2150%26tab%3Dtimeline&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1744830319923370&usg=AOvVaw19nL0V2da_rKFqFyPWS9nX) – updated historical data
- [Women in the renewable energy workforce](https://systemschangelab.org/power/ensure-energy-access-and-just-and-equitable-transition-all?indicatorId=2215&tab=timeline) – added disaggregate data
- [Tax incentives for renewable electricity](https://systemschangelab.org/power/rapidly-scale-zero-carbon-electricity-generation?indicatorId=2151) – updated data
- [Household income spent on energy](https://systemschangelab.org/power/ensure-energy-access-and-just-and-equitable-transition-all?indicatorId=2214&tab=map#indicator-2214) – added limited country-level data and renamed from “Household income spent on electricity”
- [Capacity additions of renewables](https://systemschangelab.org/power/rapidly-scale-zero-carbon-electricity-generation?indicatorId=2238) – added 2024 data

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