UN Climate Action Summit
Energy 23 September 2019Global efforts to bring down emissions are at the top of the agenda at the UN Climate Action Summit, which takes place in New York in these days. It’s necessary to put particular emphasis on the need for urgent global action on energy efficiency. This critical but often overlooked area can deliver major reductions in emissions while supporting economic growth, reducing air pollution and also saving consumers money. Energy efficiency could bring energy-related CO2 emissions in 2040 to levels that are 12% lower than today; this would representover 40% of the emissions abatement required to meet the Paris Agreement. But despite this huge potential, efficiency progress is slowing. Global energy intensity – the amount of energy required to produce one unit of economic output – improved by just over 1% last year, […]