Fiji, Nov. 11 -- The world must increase the pace of electrification more than four-fold to have any chance of keeping global warming within the 1.5-degree Celsius limit, COP31 President of Negotiations Chris Bowen says.
Bowen said the global rate of electrification must rise significantly, from the current 23percent share of final energy consumption to 35percent by 2035, under a target set by the COP31 Presidency.
"The world has no chance of holding to 1.5 degrees unless we lift that to 35percent," Bowen said at a joint COP31 Presidency press conference in Antalya, Turkiye.
"That would require more than a four-fold increase in the rate of electrification around the world."
He said global electrification had increased slowly, rising fro...