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UN Climate Summit Pushes Electrification Goal as Groups Call for Mining Safeguards
The 35-by-35 pledge would raise electricity’s share of final energy to 35% by 2035, while rights groups seek tighter mining safeguards.
- At the COP31 climate summit, COP31 President Murat Kurum, Turkey's environment minister, and Australia introduced the 35-by-35 pledge, aiming to raise global electricity usage from 21% to 35% by 2035.
- Expanding on COP28 goals, the pledge aims to translate earlier commitments into changes in energy consumption by integrating renewable energy, storage capacity, and clean transport throughout the global economy.
- Human rights allegations linked to transition minerals reached over 300, up 73% last year, prompting over 120 civil society groups including Global Witness to warn that the mining boom could repeat past harms.
- "But we can't do good by some communities by doing inherent harm against others," said Aimee Boulanger, executive director of the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance, while urging ecosystem protections.
- Experts suggest improved recycling could reduce the need for new mining, yet the International Energy Agency notes most countries lack the waste management programs necessary to enable this critical shift.
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UN climate summit pushes electrification goal as groups call for mining safeguards – WTOP News
Clean public transport. Energy-efficient buildings. Affordable energy. Those are a few of the things the president of the U.N. climate talks — known as COP31 — asked global leaders, delegates and climate activists to pledge as part of the global electrification plan laid out during the world’s largest annual climate summit. But environmental and human...
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UN climate summit pushes electrification goal as groups call for minin
Clean public transport. Energy-efficient buildings. Affordable energy. Those are a few of the things the president of the U.N. climate talks — known as COP31 — asked global leaders, delegates and climate activists to pledge as part
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