COP31 in Antalya: "Climate Bumps" Turkey and Australia Want to Rely on More Electricity Worldwide
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Australia and Turkey are finally trying to implement long-discussed demands at the climate conference in Antalya. The central point is that the world's necessary energy will come from electricity by 35 percent in the future.
To increase the share of electricity in the energy used to move, heat and run plants to 35% by 2035 is hope.
Will the world be able to deliver on its grand promises? At past climate conferences, countries have made ambitious climate commitments, but have often failed to back them up with concrete measures. Droughts, floods and extreme heat are now adding to the pressure on participants at the COP31 conference, which begins in Turkey. So, in the absence of an official US delegation and the Chinese president, will countries finally move from promises to …
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Electricity is high on the agenda at the UN climate conference starting today. COP chairs Australia and Turkey hope to get all countries on board with a new goal: electricity should account for 35 percent of the global energy mix by 2035. That would not only help the climate; it is also a handy trick to avoid offending the Saudis.
The BLOGGER ANGLE. It is not the case to think big: there are more than 70 countries missing, including the US, the UN is "at the end of the legislature," wars divert resources and attention from the action for the climate. The main goal is to increase to 35% the share of electricity on the final global energy consumption by 2035 (today it is at 20%). But the real news would be if in the final text there were a formula that would clearly confirm…
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