Nigeria, June 9 -- The Presidency of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) has unveiled a new global electrification target aimed at accelerating the transition away from direct fossil fuel consumption across key sectors of the global economy.

The initiative was disclosed by the COP31 President-Designate, Murat Kurum, on Tuesday during the ongoing Bonn Climate Change Conference in Germany.

The official proposed a collective goal to increase the share of global final energy demand met by electricity from just over 20 per cent currently to 35 per cent by 2035.

In recent years, countries have been urged to follow the path of green development by transitioning away from fossil fuel to a more climate-friendly energy sour...