The World Energy Council (WEC), an international energy watchdog, set a series of global targets on Monday to raise energy access, increase the reliability of energy systems and curb energy-related emissions.
In a study report "Deciding the Future: Energy Policy Scenarios to 2050" presented to the ongoing World Energy Congress in Rome, the WEC introduced the targets to benchmark progress by industry and government in building a sustainable energy future.
The targets are:
-- Halve the number of people without access to a minimum level of commercial energy to one billion by 2035, and halve again to 500 million by 2050;
-- Develop commercial and physical energy systems that are 99 percent reliable in the United States, Europe and parts of Asia by2035, and in most of Asia, Africa and Latin America by 2050;
-- Stabilize greenhouse emissions by 2035, and reduce man-made emissions by 2050.
"The WEC targets can be achieved, given much greater levels of international cooperation between governments, closer government-private sector collaboration, increases in research and development, and further integration of energy markets," said Brian Statham, Chair of the WEC Energy Scenarios Study.
The targets will form the basis for a debate at the ongoing World Energy Congress, a WEC global energy forum that takes place every three years.
Source: Xinhua
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