PERSPECTIVES
The IPCC has reported that rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy and other sectors are needed to limit global warming to
1.5°C. Sasaenia Paul Oluwabunmi, Operations Officer at OFID, and Gabriel Hurtado Gonzalez, Energy Solutions Manager at Mitie, take a look to see if we’re on track in terms of renewables.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated in a 2018 special report on the impacts of global warming that pathways limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems.” These systems transitions are unprecedented in terms of scale, the report emphasized, and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors, a wide portfolio of mitigation options and a significant upscaling of investments in those options. Modelled global energy system pathways that limit global warming to 1.5°C generally meet energy demand with lower energy use,
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including through enhanced energy efficiency. Low-emission energy sources are projected to have a higher share compared with 2°C pathways, the IPCC explains, particularly before 2050, and renewables are projected to supply 70–85 percent of electricity in 2050. What are policy trends and strategies that may pave the way for this rapid ramp-up of renewables? Governments across the world appear keen to enact the right strategies to minimize and adapt to climate change. Developing countries such as China and India are embracing renewable technologies, while developed countries are also upping the amount of renewables in their overall energy mix. On the following pages we share some examples from around the globe.
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