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Paris, France — The International Energy Agency warned Tuesday that energy policies must evolve if global warming is to be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, saying fossil fuel use is still “far too high”.
“Bending the emissions curve onto a path consistent with 1.5 degrees Celsius remains possible but very difficult,” it said. It estimated there would be around 10 times as many electric cars on the roads as now, and that solar power overall would generate more electricity than the entire US power system does today.
“However, even stronger measures would still be needed to keep alive the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius,” the IEA said, just days after OPEC said it expected oil demand growth to continue until 2045. “The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it’s unstoppable. It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s just a matter of ‘how soon’ -– and the sooner the better for all of us,” the agency’s executive director Fatih Birol said in the report.
The report proposed a tripling of global renewable capacity, and doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements.
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