To achieve greenhouse gas reductions in line with the most ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, 65% of electricity must be carbon-free by 2030, eventually transitioning to net-zero or a carbon-free electricity grid by 2050.<\/p>\n
While global renewable energy capacity has grown tremendously in the last two decades, the utilization of renewables in power generation has not reached the scale needed to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5\u00b0C. Even though the transition to clean, emissions-free power is still possible, the window for action to avoid catastrophic climate change narrows every day. To succeed, the transition of the global power sector toward clean renewable energy needs to accelerate and scale rapidly.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, renewable energy technologies are now cheaper than fossil fuels and there are proven regulatory policies and operational approaches that can effectively integrate large shares of renewable energy into power systems. More importantly, there is growing political will to take these actions. Looking ahead, the challenge is in sharing all of this accumulated know-how with power sector professionals around the world and building their capacity to act on it.<\/p>\n