THE RENEWABLES TEAM
dangerous climate change fueled by greenhouse gases .
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , most of the world ’ s electricity can — and must — be produced by low-carbon sources by 2050 . The panel said that renewables needed to grow from a 30 per cent share today to 80 per cent of power generation by 2050 , with fossil fuel energy without carbon capture and storage technology phased out by 2100 .
Executive director of the environmental group , the Sierra Club , Michael Brune said clean energy was
already “ winning the fight ” against fossil fuels .
“ Now , these incredible public and private commitments , which are historic , essential , and timely , show that the nations of the world — as well as many of the world ’ s leading visionaries and philanthropists — are committed to making clean energy even more widespread , even faster ,” said Brune .
“ What ’ s now clearer than ever is that our future will be 100 per cent clean energy , and that dirty fossil fuels are merely riding out their final wave .”
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