Leading Wind Energy CEOs Call for G20 to Get Serious About Renewables
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BRUSSELS, July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The leading CEOs of the global wind industry have united to call on G20 members to show leadership in the climate crisis by raising national ambitions and urgently laying out concrete plans for increased wind energy production to replace fossil fuels.
Representing the Global Wind Energy Coalition for COP26, 23 CEOs have sent an open letter to leaders of the G20 acknowledging that while some progress has been made in the energy transition, current net zero pledges from G20 countries still put the world on a 2.4C global warming pathway, well beyond what is needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The wind energy sector warned that the lack of long-term legal certainty, clear rules, permits and planning have kept investors away.
As a result of president Andrés Manuel López Obrador s government s efforts to favor state-owned company Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) over renewable energies, Mexico has registered a 61% drop in investments in wind power plants in 2021.
This was stated on Tuesday by Leopoldo Rodríguez Olivé, president of the Mexican Wind Energy Association (AMDEE) during an online presentation of the Mexico Windpower 2021 Digital Conference.
The entrepreneur pointed out . . .
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