India, April 14 -- PROLONG, an AI "time machine", uses 13,000 virtual worlds and real-world data from 200+ countries to forecast wind and solar growth.

It projects onshore wind at 25% and solar at 20% of global power by 2050, making the COP28 tripling pledge highly ambitious.

This is enough for a 2degC pathway but falls short of the 1.5degC goal.

Wind and solar power have expanded far faster than earlier projections, but forecasting their future growth remains complex. A new study published in Nature Energy introduces an AI-driven model that improves predictions of global wind and solar expansion, projecting strong growth by mid-century but not enough to meet the most ambitious climate targets.

Researchers from Chalmers University of ...