COMMENT/IN THIS ISSUE INDUSTRY NEWS Editorial comment A
report launched by the World Energy Council (WEC) in Washington DC on 24 September warns that the global energy industry must play a greater role in the transition to sustainable energy systems if United Nations development goals are to be met. It states that the potential for billions of people benefiting from sustainable energy systems in future decades hangs in the balance without increased private sector support. The WEC’s 2013 World Energy Trilemma report, ‘Time to get real – the case for sustainable energy investment’, was produced with global management consultancy Oliver Wyman. The findings are based on interviews with more than 50 policymakers, including energy and envi- ronment ministers, leaders in development banks, governments, IGOs and NGOs, as well as experts from more than 25 countries. The policymakers interviewed expressed concern that the lack of glob- al consensus on climate change and a future energy system framework, coupled with dramatic disruptions caused by emerging technologies and rapidly shifting patterns of energy use and supply, make it difficult to develop and implement long-term energy policies. This results in increased risk for industry and investors, which must be addressed if the much-needed energy transition is to be delivered in the future. The Energy Sustainability Index within the report is the world’s most comprehensive ranking of countries’ energy policies and evaluates how well 129 countries balance the three conflicting agendas involved in achieving energy sustainability – what the WEC has called the ‘energy trilemma’ – energy security, energy equity and environmental sustainability.
The Index shows that developed countries with higher shares of energy coming from low and zero-carbon energy sources supported by well-established energy-efficiency programmes, such as Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland, outperform most countries across all three dimensions of the energy trilemma. Nevertheless, it is clear that all countries still struggle to balance all three aspects of the trilemma’s currently conflicting agendas. Just five countries in the top ten have been awarded an ‘AAA’ score with only Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK historically demonstrating their ability to achieve equality between the three competing dimensions.
David Young Editor
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