The G20 accounts for 82% of global energy-related CO2 emissions – which constitutes the highest share of GHG emissions globally. Energy-related emissions primarily arise from fossil fuel combustion in electricity, heating, industry and transport sub-sectors. In 2018, total energy-related CO2 emissions grew by +1.8% in the G20, in line with a 2% annual growth rate in the total primary energy supply from fossil fuels.
Limiting global warming in line with the Paris Agreement goals will require a radical reduction in energy-related emissions. This calls for what is know as a global energy transition. Such a transition would involve a shift away from fossil fuels and the associated technologies, toward renewable and low carbon energy sources, across the economy.
The power sector accounts for 38% of energy-related emissions in the G20, followed by Industry 24%, Transport 20%, and the Building sector 9%. Due to the relative contribution of the power sector – as well as the interlinkages between the power system and other sectors – decarbonization in this sector is critical to the success of the energy transition.
Key interventions for the energy transition include:
– increasing energy efficiency;
– increasing the share of low-carbon and clean fuels;
– increasing low carbon and renewable power generation.
To arrest global warming at 1.5°, energy-related emissions must be cut by 40% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2060.
Climate Transparency partners are working in G20 countries towards this goal by:
– Providing analysis and recommendations on the energy transition and decarbonization across sectors;
– Involving decision makers and change agents to share learnings, discuss challenges and opportunities;
– Engage in cross-country learnings to increase awareness, knowledge and also capacity.
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CLIMATE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION CHECK: NATIONAL POLICIES THAT PROMOTE THE PHASE IN OF RENEWABLES AND THE PHASE OUT OF FOSSIL FUELS IN COLOMBIA IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION
November 2023
CLIMATE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION CHECK: ELECTRICITY GRID EXPANSION POLICIES IN GERMANY IMPLEMENTATION, PARTICIPATION AND ACCEPTANCE
November 2023
CLIMATE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION CHECK: ACHIEVING NON-FOSSIL TARGET OF INDIA – EVOLUTION OF THE ECOSYSTEM
November 2023
CLIMATE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION CHECK: POLICY ASSESSMENT- RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA’S POWER SECTOR
November 2023
CLIMATE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION CHECK: DECARBONISATION IN THE BALANCE: ASSESSING SOUTH AFRICA’S ENERGY TRANSITION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
November 2023
G20 ACCELERATION CALL 2023 – FROM COAL TO RENEWABLES
September 2023
ARGENTINA
ACCELERATING THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN LATIN AMERICA HOW ARGENTINA, BRAZIL AND MEXICO ARE ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION
February 2019
ASPECTOS SOCIO-AMBIENTALES DE LA TRANSICIÓN ENERGÉTICA EN LA ARGENTINA
November 2018
BRAZIL
ANÁLISE DOS INCENTIVOS POLÍTICO-ECONÔMICOS À ENERGIA EÓLICA NO BRASIL:
DESAFIOS E OPORTUNIDADES PARA A PROMOÇÃO DA TRANSIÇÃO ENERGÉTICA
September 2020
MEXICO
ENERGY TRANSITION IN MEXICO:
A FAIR COAL PHASE-OUT FOR A PARIS COMPATIBLE SCENARIO IN MEXICO
November 2021
ENERGY TRANSITION IN MEXICO:
THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF ENERGY AND THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
June 2019
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The energy mix in G20 countries, 2018
Annual growth rate of total primary energy supply from fossil fuels (2018)
Source: Enerdata 2019
Emission intensity of the power sector in the G20, 2018
gC02/kWh
Source: Enerdata 2019
Share of renewables in power generation (incl. large hydro) in the G20, 2018
Source: Enerdata 2019
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