Energy for Sustainable Development
Current demographic, economic, social, and technological trends – if not counterbalanced by strong new government policies – pose major challenges to the long-term sustainability of the global energy system. If governments do not implement policies beyond those already planned between now and 2030, it is projected that:
• energy consumption will increase by over half (53%);
• the energy mix will remain fairly stable and dominated by fossil
fuels (80% share);
• energy-related CO2 emissions will increase by over half (55%); and
• large populations of the world’s poor will continue to lack access to
electricity (about 1.5 billion) and modern cooking and heating
services (about 2.5 billion).
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