While global climate goals are achievable, “progress deploying clean energy technologies worldwide is still falling worryingly short of what is needed,” according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In its annual report, Energy Technology Perspectives 2016, the IEA offers long-term technology pathways that could limit the global temperature increase to no more than 2°C, in line with the goals set at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in December 2015. The IEA noted there have been positive developments on some energy technologies, in particular with installed renewable energy capacity now providing some 23% of global electricity production. “This is an encouraging trend in line with the 2°C goal of having in excess of two-thirds of electricity generated by renewables in 2050,” it said.
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Improvements in nuclear construction times are now making climate goals more achievable than previously thought, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. The report states that “policy support is needed to encourage long-term operation of the existing fleet and construction of new plants, given their vital contribution to GHG emissions reductions, as well as their contribution to energy security.”
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