In brief | 6 November ‘26

Bloomberg: German wind industry seen facing €5.6 billion threat from China

More than 55,000 skilled jobs at risk, according to a report by consultancy Roland Berger, which has been circulating in German policy groups.

IEA: Energy security concerns spur faster renewables growth across a widening constellation of countries

Renewable capacity increase in emerging and developing economies outside China matching that in advanced economies for the first time.

FT: Renewable energy groups boosted by ‘clarity’ of US election results

Ørsted among the main gainers from the shift in political backdrop after two years of hostility from the Trump administration.

CNBC: Trump’s energy deals about to face wave of investigations

Democrats press White House on legality of intervention in Venezuela’s oil sector and cancellation of renewable energy projects funded by Biden administration.

FT: IEA chief predicts climate action comeback ahead of COP31 summit

Comments come after US President Donald Trump, who has twice pulled his country out of the Paris Agreement, received a historic humbling in midterm elections.

Carbon Brief: Analysis: China’s quarterly CO2 falls 3% in largest drop since Covid

Main drivers were a fall in power-sector coal consumption, a continued sharp reduction in transport oil consumption and slowing growth in the coal-to-chemical industry.

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