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The Election, the Energy Transition, and Power of Voluntary Markets

A Glimpse into the Next Four Years

What will the new administration mean for those of us who spend our days working to make progress toward a more sustainable world? A note from World Energy CEO Gene Gebolys provides some insight, breaking down the experience of 2016 as a guide. The previous Trump administration the largest ever decline in the use of coal, as well as the largest ever rise in the use of renewables in the United States and around the world. This trend is expected to only continue.

“The private sector read the tea leaves of the 2016 election and came off the sidelines in droves to make meaningful, voluntary decarbonization commitments at-scale.”

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