The role of renewables

A new report from the IPCC has laid bare the chal­lenges fac­ing the world if seri­ous action is not tak­en now to tack­le cli­mate change by reduc­ing green­house gas emis­sions. A move to renew­able ener­gy sources, while under­way, has up to now been rel­a­tive­ly slow and there are warn­ings cur­rent actions will not be enough to avert the plan­et heat­ing by more than 1.5C above pre-indus­tri­al lev­els. As we look ahead to COP26, where is the world on its ener­gy tran­si­tion?