Las renewable energy They are the future of humanity, that is clear to us. However, there are still doubts as to whether we will achieve the set goals. The experts have just released a prediction that is shocking and involves the entire society (no one is spared). In fact, even these types of projects to generate half of a country’s electricity from clean sources would now make no sense.
The UN, concerned about the advance of sustainable energy: we are doing slowly and poorly
The United Nations (UN) is warning us about the worrying pace at which we are progressing in the adoption of renewable energies worldwide. Electricity generated from clean sources must double over the next eight years and triple by 2050according to a multi-institutional report.
Climate change and water stress threaten our energy security and require immediate action. In fact, the Secretary General of the institution was furious at the last General Assembly, and the same happened at the COP in Dubai, the results of which were more than disappointing.
The growing demand for meteorological and water services confirms the need to strengthen our infrastructure to cope with extreme events, which would be even worse without renewable energy. The urgency to act has since been presented as an undeniable reality Doing nothing every day entails irreparable costs.
A prediction from experts is ringing alarm bells: will it come true?
The 2003 Paris Climate Summit marked a crucial pledge to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. Since then, however, this goal has been in jeopardy. The International Energy Agency (IEA) offers a glimmer of hope which we will stick with at least for the time being.
While very few expected it, he has just declared that the record expansion of renewable energy sources over the past two years still allows us to pursue this goal. The fact that the experts are doing it means we can give it full credibility (not like when Trump made his environmental promises, so to speak).
Despite data on investments in fossil fuels, the entity claims that the transition to renewable energy sources is feasible. The update of the IEA roadmap to net emissions underlines the possibility of achieving the 1.5 degree target, but the ‘window of opportunity’ is getting smaller and smaller.
The current objectives are inadequate: what have we imposed on ourselves?
According to RED II, the European Union (EU) aims to obtain 32% of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030. The Fit for 55 package aims to adapt legislation to comply with the 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. And by 2050? As you know, climate neutrality.
The IEA report reveals a 50% growth in global renewable energy capacity by 2023. China is leading this progress and will connect as much solar energy as the entire world by 2022. Solar PV accounts for 75% of newly installed energy, something we could never have imagined.
From all this we can draw a clear conclusion. We are moving forward, but at a very slow pace, and rising powers are overtaking us. They are doing it at the same time that they are reducing their dependence on fossil fuels, while in Europe we are once again flirting with nuclear energy, something that is more than questionable.
It is foreseeable that the renewable energy They will get us to a safe haven, what we don’t know is if they will do that before the storm gets us (figuratively speaking). Society must cope with its growth without harming the slow progress we are making in this area. However, that’s not what we’re getting: artificial intelligence has taken us by surprise and we have no way to feed it.