IEA Says Current Policies Fall Short Of Global Goal To Triple Renewables

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the U.S. and other countries must quicken their renewable energy deployment to meet a pledge at last year’s United Nations climate summit to triple renewable energy by 2030, including by incorporating such efforts into countries’ formal climate pledges under the Paris Agreement. “Even if all countries were to fully implement their current ambitions, the world would fall 30% short of tripling global renewable capacity to over 11,000 [gigawatts (GW)] by 2030,” IEA finds in...