New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Summary $27.6bn stalled: 26 clean energy projects paused, cancelled or closed in Trump's first 6 months.

Slump in new investment: Only $3bn in new projects announced, compared with $15.9bn in early 2024.

Communities left behind: Disadvantaged areas see 70% of investment affected, vs 30% elsewhere.

Policy U-turns: High tariffs, weaker fuel standards and IRA/BIL rollbacks threaten clean energy momentum.

Donald Trump's election as President of the world's largest economy has created fresh bottlenecks for the global energy transition, as he imposed tariffs on the United States imports of clean energy technologies from across the world. In addition, plans to roll back the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartis...