en.Wedoany.com Reported - Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), expressed support at the Bonn Climate Change Conference for the goal proposed by the incoming COP31 President to increase the global electrification rate to 35% by 2035.
La Camera noted that IRENA has been working closely with the incoming COP31 Presidency and congratulated President-designate Murat Kurum on proposing this global electrification target. According to IRENA's updated 1.5°C scenario, the share of electricity in global final energy consumption needs to increase from the current approximately 23% to 35% by 2035, and exceed 50% by 2050, by which time electricity will become the world's dominant energy carrier.
La Camera emphasized that international cooperation is crucial to accelerating the global electrification process, and IRENA is ready to leverage its global membership to support the success of the COP31 Presidency's action agenda. Through the synergistic effects of renewable energy deployment, grid reinforcement, and energy efficiency improvements, electrification can simultaneously achieve emission reductions, enhance energy security, improve energy affordability, and support green industrialization and competitiveness.
IRENA's latest roadmap confirms that electrification is one of the most direct, scalable, and cost-effective solutions available today. As energy demand in the transport, industry, buildings, and digital sectors continues to grow rapidly, the energy transition must focus on electrifying these end-use sectors. During the conference, IRENA also co-hosted a side event titled "The Electrification Imperative: Winning the Demand-Side Race" with the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC) of Australia, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Renewable Energy Alliance (GRA). Ministers from Turkey and Australia, representing the incoming COP31 Presidency and the negotiating Presidency, participated in the meeting alongside government and industry leaders.
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