Spain, UK making headway on renewable energy, says climate report

NEW YERK: Germany, China, Spain and the UK are leading the world’s richest nations in the push toward renewable energy, a new report said on Tuesday.

International nonprofit Climate Group compiled the rankings of G20 countries based on both ambition and progress.

Modest climbers included Australia, India, the US and Japan —while Canada and Brazil score poorly, despite existing high renewable electricity use. Saudi Arabia and Russia hold down the bottom spots in the list.