The climate point of no return is looming. How can we bend the emissions curve?
Net zero by 2050 remains the ultimate goal – but we must harness transition technologies in the meantime to stand a chance of getting there
Pedro is a Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum leading the work on industry decarbonization. Before holding this position, Pedro led the Forum’s work Mobility leading the transport sector’s agenda on sustainability, business resilience and inclusiveness. Prior, he was Head of the Partnership Against Corruption Initiative team (steering one of the longest-standing collective action initiatives in this field). He was also part of the leadership of the Energy Team at the Forum where he oversaw the production of the Energy Transition Index and Oil and Gas industry transformation. Prior to joining the Forum, Pedro served at the Mexican Ministry of Energy as Director for Sectoral Studies where he contributed energy reform & transition policies and at Pemex. In Academia, he was Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies working on the political economy of energy in Latin America and Chevening Fellow at the University of Edinburgh’s Business School where his focus was low-carbon investment and finance. He was also a senior consultant for Deloitte’s energy practice and was a Partner at the Swiss-based Shipbroking Firm 1.8.9 Shipping GmbH. Pedro holds a Master’s Degree from St Antony´s College at the University of Oxford.
Net zero by 2050 remains the ultimate goal – but we must harness transition technologies in the meantime to stand a chance of getting there
世界のエネルギー転換は過去10年間で多くの節目を迎え、大部分で期待を上回る成果を上げています。技術イノベーションや起業家精神、政策立案者と企業のリスクテイクのおかげで、2010年以降、設備能力は太陽光発電で7倍に、陸上風力発電で3倍に増加しました。かつては夢物語だと考えられていた再生可能エネルギーも、一部の国では発電構成に占める割合が化石燃料を上回っています
The world has made important strides toward energy transition in the past decade, but 81% of the world's energy is still based on fossil fuels, according to the Energy Transition Index 2021.
If countries are to keep pace with the global energy transition, innovation, collaboration and a strong enabling framework are key.