Pathways to faster decarbonization with gas and renewables
Today, we’re seeing countries across Sub-Saharan Africa commit to increasing the share of renewable energy in their mix and to decarbonize their economies
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The power sector accounts for up to 41 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions today, with Africa contributing about 2-3%. In parallel, there are still over 580 million people on the continent who do not have access to reliable energy and the demand for electricity is expected to continue to grow as populations increase, industrialization ambitions grow and urbanization continues to fuel the need for more power.
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The power sector accounts for up to 41 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions today, with Africa contributing about 2-3%. In parallel, there are still over 580 million people on the continent who do not have access to reliable energy and the demand for electricity is expected to continue to grow as populations increase, industrialization ambitions grow and urbanization continues to fuel the need for more power.
To address sustainability concerns, the world is transitioning towards a lower carbon energy mix at a pace unseen before. This is reflected in the total global value of energy transition investment – including spend on new renewable energy capacity, electric vehicles and associated charging infrastructure, energy storage technologies, and more – reaching over US$500 billion (https://bit.ly/3be1TUv) for the first time in 2020. This was an increase of 9
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Tribune News Network Doha The power sector accounts for up to 41 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions today. Additionally, there are up to 1 billion people around the world who still lack access to reliable energy and the demand for electricity is expected to continue to grow, including here in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where population growth, industrialisation and urbanisation continue to fuel the need for more power. To address sustainability concerns, the world is transitioning towards a lower carbon energy mix at a pace unseen before. This is reflected in the total global value of energy transition investment – including spend on new renewable energy capacity, electric vehicles and associated charging infrastructure, energy storage technologies, and more - reaching over US$500 billion for the first time in 2020. This was an increase of 9 percent over the previous year, despite the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However,
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Sixteen prestigious titles will be awarded in an online awards ceremony on Wednesday 12
th May 2021. To help us choose who will be the deserving winner, we have chosen a panel of
15 experts from the relevant fields.
The judges are:
Will Chu, Science Editor at NutraIngredients
Patrick Coppens, Director of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs at Food Supplements Europe
Kacey Culliney, Editor of CosmeticsDesign-Europe
Sandra Einerhand, PhD, Founder of Einerhand Science & Innovation BV