‘Net zero goal still alive’, says IEA but world still faces major obstacles
Globally, the rate at which people are installing solar panels and buying electric vehicles is perfectly in line with what experts have said is necessary to reach net zero emissions by 2050. That’s according to Fatih Birol, the economist who leads the world’s energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA). Thanks to a staggering rise in clean energy generation and investment over the last two years alone, the prospect of halting global heating at 1.5C remains intact, he added.
After a summer of unparalleled climate disasters in Libya, Greece and Canada, should dread turn to optimism? In a recent update on humanity’s progress with cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the IEA concluded that by 2030:
