Electrification takes centre stage at pre-Cop31 climate talks as key strategy to phase out fossil fuels
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Fiona Harvey
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Electrification of transport, heating, cooling, and heavy industry is emerging as a key strategy in global climate talks, potentially replacing the 80% of global energy still derived from fossil fuels. Using electrical energy is far more efficient than combustion, and could halve global energy demand while saving billions. Once considered a niche topic, electrification has taken centre stage at pre-Cop31 preparatory talks in Bonn, though geopolitical tensions around climate science and the 1.5°C goal persist.
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· 4 pulledElectrifying the world – with electric vehicles, electric heating and cooling, and modernised heavy industry – could be the next biggest step towards phasing out fossil fuels.
As using electrical energy is much more efficient than combustion, the move would save billions of dollars for consumers and businesses.
Global energy demand could be halved, according to one estimate.
For decades, electrification has been a nerdish backwater of global climate action.
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