Aligning Electricity Transmission and Distribution Investments with a Paris Agreement Pathway

The document argues that energy-sector infrastructure, particularly electricity transmission and distribution (T&D), requires alignment with Paris Agreement pathways to avoid carbon lock-in. It identifies a gap in previous energy-sector investment assessments regarding T&D and proposes a methodology to screen projects and inform the investment decisions of development finance institutions.

• Aligning energy-sector infrastructure with the Paris Agreement is critical due to the significant potential for carbon lock-in and the high volume of investment required in developing nations.
• Existing assessments of energy-sector investments aligned with two-degree pathways have not sufficiently analyzed electricity transmission and distribution (T&D).
• The proposed methodology for T&D investment alignment is intended for both external project-level screening and integration into the energy portfolios and decision-making processes of development finance institutions.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Aligning Electricity Transmission and Distribution Investments with a Paris Agreement Pathway. https://www.wri.org/research/aligning-electricity-transmission-and-distribution-investments-paris-agreement-pathway

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Aligning Electricity Transmission and Distribution Investments with a Paris Agreement Pathway. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/aligning-electricity-transmission-and-distribution-investments-paris-agreement-pathway.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendaligning, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Aligning Electricity Transmission and Distribution Investments with a Paris Agreement Pathway}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/aligning-electricity-transmission-and-distribution-investments-paris-agreement-pathway}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }