IEA unveils global pathway to reach net-zero

摘要

The International Energy Agency has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first comprehensive road map to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The report comes ahead of the COP26 United Nations climate summit in November, with governments under pressure to upgrade national climate targets in a bid to close the gap between what’s been pledged and what is needed to avoid temperature increases of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. “The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050, but it is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is produced, transported and used globally,” the Paris-based agency said May 18.