The world needs a grand coalition to tackle climate change

The author advocates for a global coalition to tackle climate change, highlighting the World Energy Outlook 2019's role in providing data for a sustainable energy future. Key priorities include accelerating energy efficiency through a new Global Commission, addressing the energy needs of Africa, ensuring power grid stability during the renewables transition, and monitoring rising methane emissions.

• The author asserts that transforming the global energy system requires a 'grand coalition' consisting of governments, investors, and companies, as there are no simple solutions and multiple technologies and fuels are necessary across all economic sectors.
• The IEA has established a high-level Global Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency because analysis indicates that the rate of energy efficiency improvements is currently decelerating, despite significant potential to meet sustainable energy goals.
• The World Energy Outlook 2019 emphasizes the critical relationship between the future of energy and the continent of Africa, leading to a joint Ministerial Summit in Addis Ababa in June 2019 between the IEA and the African Union Commission.
• The transition of the electricity sector poses risks to the stability and reliability of global power grids, prompting the IEA to co-organize a Global Ministerial Conference on System Integration of Renewables in Berlin in October 2019 with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
• Methane emissions are increasing alongside carbon dioxide, leading to the launch of an online methane tracker to monitor and address the issue.

APA

Birol, F. (2019). The world needs a grand coalition to tackle climate change. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/the-world-needs-a-grand-coalition-to-tackle-climate-change/

Chicago

Birol, Fatih. The world needs a grand coalition to tackle climate change. World Economic Forum, 2019. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/the-world-needs-a-grand-coalition-to-tackle-climate-change/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{birol2019world, author = {Birol, Fatih}, title = {{The world needs a grand coalition to tackle climate change}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2019}, month = nov, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/the-world-needs-a-grand-coalition-to-tackle-climate-change/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }