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It is becoming clear that renewables and enhanced energy efficiency, not fossil fuels, will be the solutions to energy poverty, writes Helen Mountford in The Huffington Post.
A new paper from the New Climate Economy shows there is large untapped potential for fuel efficiency gains in both aviation and shipping sectors that would cut costs and reduce emissions. International aviation and shipping have grown dramatically in the last few decades along with their emissions: aviation and shipping now produce 5% of global CO2 emissions, and by 2050, that share could rise to as much as 32%. Much of the potential to reduce emissions in aviation and shipping can be unlocked through existing technologies and practices that leading companies in each sector have already embraced. However, as this new paper shows, market failures and political barriers are hindering progress.
With smarter anti-poverty and energy-access measures and a focus on sustainable finance, the future for Africa and the rest of the developing world can be bright, in more ways than one, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in The New York Times.
"Mayors don't have to choose between fighting climate change and creating a better economic future for their citizens. They are doing both - and so, too, should national governments around the world," write Michael Bloomberg, Eduardo Paes and Annise Parker in Houston Chronicle.
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