Clean Energy to fight Global warming
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Clean energy development is vital for combating climate change and limiting its most devastating effects. 2019 was the second warmest year on record. The Earth’s temperature has risen by an average of 0.85 °C since the end of the 19th Century, states National Geographic in its special November 2015 issue on climate change.
Meanwhile, some 1.1 billion inhabitants (17% of the world population) do not have access to electricity. Equally, 2.7 billion people (38% of the population) use conventional biomass for cooking, heating, and lighting in their homes — at serious risk to their health.
Renewable energies received important backing from the international community through the Paris Accord signed at the World Climate Summit held in the French capital in December 2015.
The agreement, which entered into force in 2016, establishes, for the first time in history, a binding global objective. Nearly 200 signatory countries pledged to reduce their emissions so that the average temperature of the planet at the end of the current century remains “well below” 2 °C, the limit above which climate change will have more catastrophic effects. The aim is to try to keep it to 1.5 °C.
The transition to an energy system based on renewable technologies will have very positive economic consequences on the global economy and on development. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), doubling the renewable energy share in electricity generation to 57 % worldwide by 2030 will be necessary for meeting the Paris Agreement targets. This requires raising annual investments in renewable energy from the current USD 330 billion to USD 750 billion, thereby boosting job creation and growth linked to the green economy
Increasing the supply of renewable energy would allow us to replace carbon-intensive energy sources and significantly reduce US global warming emissions.
For example, a 2009 UCS analysis found that a 25 percent 2025 national renewable electricity standard would lower power plant CO2 emissions 277 million metric tons annually by 2025 — the equivalent of the annual output from 70 typical (600 MW) new coal plants.
In addition, a ground-breaking study by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) explored the feasibility of generating 80 percent of the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2050. They found that renewable energy could help reduce the electricity sector’s emissions by approximately 81 percent.
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