Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today, the cheapest way to power a society is green, clean, renewable electricity. And without the fossil fuel detour taken by the West, some of the poorest countries in the world are best placed to build better from the start.
#PlanetA #renewableenergy #fossilfuels
Credits:
Reporter: Kira Schacht
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Adam Baheej Adada, Kiyo Dörrer
Fact Check: Alexander Paquet
Graphics: Gui Athayde
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read More:
Ember: The electric fast-track for emerging markets
ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-electric-fast-track-for-emerging-markets
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser
iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser
Data, code and methodology behind our analysis
github.com/dw-data/leapfrogging
More data journalism from DW
dw.com/data
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:27 The fossil fuel detour
03:13 Why things are different now
04:38 Speedrunning the energy transition
05:45 The next global powerhouses
08:10 Outro
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta
Today, the cheapest way to power a society is green, clean, renewable electricity. And without the fossil fuel detour taken by the West, some of the poorest countries in the world are best placed to build better from the start.
#PlanetA #renewableenergy #fossilfuels
Credits:
Reporter: Kira Schacht
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Adam Baheej Adada, Kiyo Dörrer
Fact Check: Alexander Paquet
Graphics: Gui Athayde
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read More:
Ember: The electric fast-track for emerging markets
ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-electric-fast-track-for-emerging-markets
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser
iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser
Data, code and methodology behind our analysis
github.com/dw-data/leapfrogging
More data journalism from DW
dw.com/data
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:27 The fossil fuel detour
03:13 Why things are different now
04:38 Speedrunning the energy transition
05:45 The next global powerhouses
08:10 Outro
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta
