‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
#Renewable #energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in #CleanEnergy topped $2tn, outstripping that into #FossilFuels by two to one.
Electric vehicles now account for about a fifth of new #cars sold around the world. Low-#carbon power makes up more than half of the generation capacity of #China and #India, with China’s emissions now flattening, and most developed countries on a downward trend.
For Laurence Tubiana, a former French diplomat who was one of the main architects of the #Paris accord and is now chief executive of the European #Climate Foundation, this is a remarkable achievement. “The #ParisAgreement has set in motion a shift towards clean energy that no country can now ignore,” she said.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/13/a-shift-no-country-can-ignore-where-global-emissions-stand-10-years-after-the-paris-climate-agreement
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