ENERGY SYSTEMS AT A CROSSROADS

摘要

Energy efficiency and renewable energy will need to deliver more than three quarters of the world's greenhouse emission reductions by 2030 if the world is to see only a 2 deg C increase in global average temperatures, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said recently. In his keynote speech to the Clean Energy Council's conference on the Gold Coast, Mr Nobuo Tanaka told delegates that the world's energy system sits at a crossroads. "Current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable. Preventing irreversible damage to the global climate ultimately requires a major decarbonisation of world energy sources," IEA executive director, Mr Tanaka said.