10.2 Government R&D

Public investment in sustainability research and development increases to $120 billion per year.

2024
$26.8 billion
for low carbon R&D globally
Target
$120 billion
for low carbon R&D globally

How is KR 10.2 Tracking?

Our R&D KR tracks global public sector funding to invent a net zero future. It calls for investment in basic and applied energy research to rise to $120 billion per year.

This early funding is essential to seed technologies of the future that will lead to breakthroughs in clean energy. Public sector R&D funding in China and North America is on the rise, most substantially in energy efficiency and nuclear energy.

Insufficient Progress

Low carbon R&D globally: $26.8 billion

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