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"Scenes from a world baking in record heat in recent weeks present a grim
reminder that limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C is crucial to
avert the worst effects of climate change. Meeting this target demands strong
action in the energy sector to drive a major reduction in the world’s
greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 – and renewable power technologies such as
solar and wind have a critical role to play.
The IEA’s global
Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050, first published in May 2021 and
to be updated this year ahead of the COP28 Climate Change Conference, sets out
an energy sector pathway that would limit global warming to 1.5°C. The pathway
makes clear that, in parallel with doubling progress on energy efficiency,
massively scaling up a wide range of clean energy technologies this decade is
necessary to drive down demand for fossil fuels and reach net zero quickly
enough.
Within that portfolio of technologies, the single most important lever to bring
about the reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions needed by 2030 is to
triple the global installed capacity of renewable power by the end of the
current decade. This has been a key and recurring element in our data and
modelling since May 2021. Expanding renewable capacity on this scale would
avoid about 7 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions between 2023 and 2030. That would
be comparable to eliminating all the current CO2 emissions from China’s power
sector.
Impressive progress has already been made, with renewable power capacity
additions expected to post their largest absolute increase ever in 2023. And
renewables are on track to cover all the growth in global electricity demand
over the next two years. To that end, we at the IEA have been strengthening our
call for governments worldwide to commit to tripling renewable capacity by 2030
ahead of COP28.
It is encouraging to see COP28 President-Designate Sultan Al Jaber place the
renewables goal – alongside the objective of doubling energy efficiency
progress – high on the agenda. Now, governments need to step up with clear
commitments on these targets."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
