Building The World’s New Energy Future

How two global organizations are helping to lay the foundations for a renewable energy future

Anmar Frangoul, August 16, 2019 (CNBC)

“Businesses and governments are searching for ways to increase their use of renewable energy and reduce their impact on the environment…[Organizations such as REN21] play a role in this discussion and debate…REN21 members include governments, industry associations, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions…It was set up in 2004 following the International Conference on Renewable Energy in Bonn and issues reports…[on] the global transition to renewable energy…to inform policy making…

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[S]hining light on data in a concise and clear way will be a crucial tool if attitudes are to change and the world is to transition to more renewable sources of energy…[An example is that more than 80% of global energy is used for heating and cooling as well as for transport but renewables are barely increasing] in those two sectors…[The imbalance is directly linked to] the lack of political attention in those two sectors as opposed to the electricity one…[and data can help shift focus] from an electricity transition to an energy transition…” click here for more

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