The ENERGY TRANSITION: an eye to 2050

Andrew Belt

Cars running on electricity or fuel cells, planes relying on advanced biofuels and synthetic fuels, and solar the largest source of energy supply: welcome to 2050 – or at least a 2050 with net zero carbon emissions and the increase in global temperature not going above the dreaded 1.5˚C.

In a nutshell

This scenario is the ‘happy ever after’ visualisation from the International Energy Agency (IEA), should the energy sector – currently responsible for around three-quarters of greenhouse gas emissions – dramatically alter, boosted by actioned government commitments, in the intervening timeframe.

1 A roadmap to 2050

So, how exactly do we get there?

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2 Energy transition investment - 'necessary and feasible'

To reach net zero emissions by 2050, annual clean energy investment worldwide will need to more than triple by 2030 to around USD 4 trillion.

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3 Energy from waste

The company is also active in investing in creative solutions to deal with what we have. One such growing problem is the issue of waste.

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4 Real estate's role

While infrastructure investments naturally fit into energy transition solutions, real estate is playing a vital role in decarbonisation efforts.

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