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 the Head of Shaping the Future of Mobility, Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum. Prior to joining the Forum, Pedro served at the Mexican Ministry of Energy and Pemex, the Mexican National Oil Company. In Academia, he was Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and Chevening Fellow at the University of Edinburgh’s Business School. He has also consulted for Deloitte, contributed to Chatham House’s project on Good Governance of the National Petroleum Sector and was a Partner at the Swiss-based Shipbroking Firm 1.8.9 Shipping GmbH. Pedro holds a Master’s Degree from 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.