Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees C ‘Remains Possible,’ Energy Experts Say

The International Energy Agency, an expression of the industrialized countries of the OECD, still believes in it. And it has perhaps remained the only one. Containing global warming within the 1.5 degrees centigrade threshold is, according to the IEA, still possible. “The record growth of solar energy and electric vehicles keeps global climate goals within reach,” says the Agency, stressing that the energy transition does not require the develop…

Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees C ‘Remains Possible,’ Energy Experts Say

Governments must “separate climate from geopolitics” and work together to triple renewables and deeply cut planet-warming emissions, says International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol

Paris, September 26, 2023 - The effects of climate change are now evident and dramatic, but it is not too late according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in fact, thanks to the increased use of solar energy and the boom in electric vehicles, global climate goals are still attainable. IEA also points out that at this rate, the energy transition does not require the development of new fossil fuels in the long term. “The path to 1.5 degree…