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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey in Bonn, and Adam Morton

‘Electrify daily life’, urges Cop31 host

A woman plugging in an electric car
The technology to electrify transport and heating is well established, in the form of electric vehicles and heat pumps, but take-up has been patchy. Photograph: Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images

The world should aim to meet a third of its energy needs from electricity within a decade to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the host of the next UN climate summit has said.

While about a third of global electricity generation already comes from renewable sources, other energy-intensive sectors – chiefly transport, heating and industries – have lagged behind. Close to four-fifths of final energy still comes from fossil fuels, as a result.

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