Commodities tied to clean energy and electrification showed resilience in 2024, despite the global manufacturing slowdown and Trump’s roll back of “green” agenda items.

On the first day of his Presidency, Donald Trump declared an “energy emergency”. It is part of a raft of measures to boost America’s already colossal fossil fuel production, backed up by claims that the country needs to tackle high energy prices and prepare for increased demand from “the next generation of technology”.

A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc’s push for clean energy and the new U.