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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds

Wind turbines and someone walking in the foreground
The Clyde Wind Farm near Biggar, South Lanarkshire. Photograph: Ashley Cooper/Alamy

Most global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, according to climate analysts.

The failure to act means that on current forecasts the world will fall far short of its clean energy goals, leading to a continued reliance on fossil fuels that is incompatible with the target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C.

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