Tsinghua Report: Grid, Financing Gaps Slow Global Carbon Neutrality
Beijing – September 24, 2026 -- Wind, solar, energy storage and electric vehicles are expanding rapidly worldwide, but grid integration limits, high financing costs and market-mechanism gaps are constraining the pace of the global carbon neutrality transition, according to the 2026 Global Carbon Neutrality Annual Progress Report launched at Tsinghua University on September 22.
Report tracks 198 countries and regions across 200 indicators
The report, presented by Tsinghua University professor Wang Can, draws on more than 200 indicators to assess progress toward carbon neutrality across 198 countries and regions, identifying the drivers and constraints shaping the transition. The launch coincided with the fifth anniversary of Tsinghua's Institute for Carbon Neutrality (ICON), the sixth anniversary of China's "dual carbon" goals, and the start of China's 15th Five-Year Plan period.