According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), significant progress has been made in the fight against global warming: by 2030, almost half of the world’s electricity needs could be met by renewable, i.e. environmentally compatible energy – an increase of 2 .7 times, says an analysis published in Paris.
Crystal clear announcement in light of the targets agreed at the World Climate Conference in Paris in 2015: the radically changed climate and energy security policies of many countries have meant that so-called renewable energy sources can be offered at increasingly competitive costs compared to fossil energy plants.
“In almost all parts of the world, green energy is the cheapest option for construction,” confirms IEA director Fatih Birol. He points out that the climate goals of tripling clean capacity, set at the UN Climate Conference in Dubai in December, can only be achieved if more is done internationally to reduce financing projects in emerging and developing countries.
According to local environmentalists, it is also essential that Austria’s electricity grids must also be significantly expanded.
But despite these many glimmers of hope on the bleak horizon of climate change, Greenpeace boss Alex Egit warns that nuclear energy – which is clearly on the rise worldwide – should not be classified as clean.
Source: Krone
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