The report comes days after the United Nations said the world was facing catastrophic climate change and was perilously far from meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution.from the highly polluting power generation sector is vital to meet the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
None of the countries or blocs assessed—Australia, Brazil, Britain, Chile, China, the European Union, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Turkey, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and the United States—were fully on track to meet the targets, it said.phaseout" despite the opportunities for wind and solar expansion, said the report's lead author, Neil Grant.
And renewables are not being brought on stream fast enough to enable fossil fuels to be phased out in time, it said.Oil-producing nations have for years touted the idea of capturingClimate experts warn this could be a distraction from urgently weaning the world off fossil fuels.