Sentences with phrase «global investment in energy efficiency»

The International Energy Agency estimates that global investment in energy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generation.

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The most recent Global Green Economy Index (GGEI), produced by the US consulting firm Dual Citizen, looked at 60 countries and 70 cities and ranked them based on their overall green economic performance, which includes energy efficiency, climate leadership, and investment in clean technologies like recycling, renewable energy, and green chemistry.

Global energy - related emissions could peak by 2020 if energy efficiency is improved; the construction of inefficient coal plants is banned; investment in renewables is increased to $ 400 billion in 2030 from $ 270 billion in 2014; methane emissions are cut in oil and gas production and fossil fuel subsidies are phased out by 2030.

Directing a portion of the emissions allocations to investments in industrial energy efficiency enables the modernization of U.S. manufacturing, resulting in important energy and GHG emissions reductions while insuring its global competitiveness,» said Dr. Neal Elliott, ACEEE's Associate Director of Research.

Ecofys finds that we will need to divert up to 3 % of global gross domestic product (GDP) to investments in materials and energy efficiency, renewable energy, and necessary infrastructure.

Rather than engage the climate policy proposals I and others have put forward — like substituting prizes for subsidies, reducing regulatory barriers for alternative energies, increasing industry's carbon efficiency, and promoting efficiency gains in developing nations where such investments are most cost effective — they attack a straw man of «conservative orthodoxy that global warming can be overcome by private companies operating in free markets with little or no help from the government.»

Barbier's report recommended a global expenditure of 1 % GDP on green projects, from investments in alternative energy development to improvement of public transport or energy efficiencies.

Even allowing for improved energy efficiency, if global energy demand continues to grow along the anticipated trajectory, by 2030 the investment over this period in energy - carrier and - conversion systems will be over 20 trillion (1012) US$, being around 10 % of world total investment or 1 % of cumulative global GDP (IEA, 2006b).

In a first - ever detailed analysis of investment across the global energy system, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday that global energy investment fell by 8 % in 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficiencIn a first - ever detailed analysis of investment across the global energy system, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday that global energy investment fell by 8 % in 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficenergy system, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday that global energy investment fell by 8 % in 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficEnergy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday that global energy investment fell by 8 % in 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficenergy investment fell by 8 % in 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficiencin 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficiencin oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficiencin renewables, electricity networks and energy efficenergy efficiency.

Despite a global recession the green economy is booming, with renewable technologies, energy efficiency and investment in innovation increasing wherever you look.

Finally, construction of the pipeline would give politicians another excuse to roll back efficiency standards and investment in clean alternative energy, exacerbating global climate change.

«By introducing measures and investment that will stimulate sustainable renewable energies and energy efficiency, governments can help to achieve cuts in global emissions by 50 percent by 2050.