For understanding the gap between the climate target to decrease the global warming to not more than 1.5°C and the global energy megatrends in the light of the forthcoming COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, see also the last analyses and publications by Dr. Frank Umbach on the energy and climate policies of the most important global emitters (USA, China, EU, Russia, India and ASEAN).

•  “Russlands Energie- und Klimapolitik am Scheideweg. Globale und europäische Herausforderungen des russischen Energie-Supermachtstatus“ (“Russia’s Energy and Climate Policies at Crossroads. Global and European Challenges of the Russian Energy Superpower Status“), Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (ES&T), October 2021, pp. 44-47 (in German). 
  
• (To the EU’s and India’s energy and climate policies:) “Europe’s New Green Deal’s Energy Aspects: Cooperation, Synergies and Opportunities for India”, KAS-India/TERI, New Delhi, August 2021, 39 pp.
• “Chinas Energie- und Klimapolitik. Außenpolitische Klimaschutzrhetorik versus energie­po­litische Realitäten” („China’s Energy and Climate Policies. Foreign Policy Rhetoric of Climate Protection versus Energy Policy Realities“), Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (ES&T), August 2021, pp. 25-29 (in German). 
•  „ASEAN’s Energy Transition: Risks and Opportunities”, Geopolitical Intelligence Service (GIS), 11 August 2021, 6 pp. 
•  “Neuausrichtung der US-Energie- und Klimapolitik der Biden-Administration“ („Realign­ment of the US-Energy and Climate Policy of the Biden-Administration“), Europäische Sicherheit&Technik (ES&T), No. 6, June 2021, pp. 32-35. 
•  “Russia Places its Hopes on Fossil Fuels”, Geopolitical Intelligence Service (GIS), 30 March 2021, 7pp. 
•  “Strengthening Energy Security and Building Resilience in the Asia–Pacific”, United Nations-Economic and Social Committee in Asia and Pacific (UN-ESCAP), Bangkok 2021, 150 pp.