Duncan Gibb: When I worked at REN21 and we saw the growth of renewables (in final energy), it looked good and was accelerating. But it was never enough to cover the overall increase in energy demand. It was just displacing fossil fuels. This shows that we're getting ever-closer to no fossil growth at all.

When I worked at REN21 and we saw the growth of renewables (in final energy), it looked good and was accelerating. But it was never enough to cover the overall increase in energy demand. It was just displacing fossil fuels. This shows that we're getting ever-closer to no fossil growth at all.

The IEA just published two fascinating reports Here are some of the best charts 1/ Clean energy is growing twice as fast as fossil fuels

It’s good news, and still highlights the need for policies to reduce fossil fuel use. Clean energy growth will not necessarily lead to reduction. Even without further growth the current level of emissions is still a problem.

Indeed Ernie, I can't disagree with you there!

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