The IEA makes the proposal in a new report “Sectoral approaches in electricity – Building bridges to a safe climate” which identifies the power sector as at “the core” of the world wide challenge to limit climate change”, with the sector responsible for 41% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. “Power generation CO2 emissions outside OECD have grown by 90% since 1990, and are on a path to double from today’s level by 2030,” says IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, who warns that strong power demand is increasing the risk of irreversible investments in CO2 intensive generation capacity – the so-called “carbon lock-in.”
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