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Nearly 120 Nations Agree to Triple World’s Renewables Output (www.ecowatch.com)
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At the COP28 climate conference on Saturday, nearly 120 nations pledged to triple the output of renewable energy on the planet by 2030.

In Dubai, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, along with 118 countries and COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, launched the Global Pledge on Renewables and Energy Efficiency at the World Climate Action Summit, a press release from the European Commission said.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

preventing private investments could give state enterprises like Coal India an advantage, not sure that's good. then using public money to repair private gas pipelines is good because they might actually get fixed. as I've alluded to, both seem pretty okay to me.

something else i wish they would have committed to is a reduction in consumption of coal, oil, and natural gas/methane.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that not an indirect benefit to more widespread use of renewables? Not just now, but even more, through the ability to find better methods to go about the process via substantially more use and funding as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It could be if a three fold increase in renewable production from current levels outpaces demand growth over the same period. If it doesn't, then it won't.

I suspect that if it did out pace demand growth, they would have mentioned it because that would be remarkable, and the arithmetic to see if this would happen isn't challenging

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Are you expecting a 300% increase in energy consumption over six years?