Renewable Energy Can Supply 80% of World Demand

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RAW STORY– Governments approved on Monday a U.N. report projecting that renewable energies such as solar, wind or hydropower could leap to supply almost 80 percent of the world’s demand by 2050, with the right policies.

The study broadly matched a draft written by scientists before the meeting, but environmental group Greenpeace said some findings were watered down due to opposition by OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia and also by Brazil.

The report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also said that a shift to cleaner energies would help cut greenhouse gas emissions, which it blamed for climate change including floods, droughts, heat waves and rising sea levels.

“Close to 80 percent of the world energy supply could be met by renewables by mid-century if backed by the right enabling public policies,” it said in a statement after government delegates approved a special report at talks in Abu Dhabi.

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One thought on “Renewable Energy Can Supply 80% of World Demand

  1. Fossil fuels is the only source that mohter nature has built in a process to automatically recycle the Corbin that is in the leaves. The fossil’s is the plant leaves and the earth has been recycling it for millions of years. That is where the present source of fossil fuels came from.

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