Explainer: IEA Scenarios and the Paris Goals
How the International Energy Agency's Sustainable Development Scenario doesn't match up to the Paris goals, and how the IEA can change it (2 years ago it nearly did!)
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How the International Energy Agency's Sustainable Development Scenario doesn't match up to the Paris goals, and how the IEA can change it (2 years ago it nearly did!)
The IEA is steering the energy system towards catastrophic levels of warming. It continues to promote an energy future headed for around 3 degrees of warming, and acts as if the Paris Agreement never happened
There’s a battle taking place over how we think our energy future will unfold. And tomorrow, the organization that arguably holds a near monopoly over how most decision-makers perceive this future – the International Energy Agency (IEA) – will release its latest volley.
Today the IEA finally released an energy forecast that aims for a greater chance of avoiding climate catastrophe. It is crucial that the IEA now retire its outdated 450 Scenario, and instead focus on how to keep warming well below 2ºC and aim for 1.5ºC.