Doubling the Share of Renewable
            Energy in the Global Energy Mix

Elizondo Azuela, Gabriela; Bushueva, Irina

Doubling the Share of Renewable Energy in the Global Energy Mix

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Developed and developing countries alike are increasingly motivated by the benefits offered by renewable energy, including enhanced energy security, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and local envi¬ronmental impacts, increased economic and industrial development, and more options for reliable and modern energy access. Today, about 120 countries, more than half of them developing coun¬tries have a national target related to renewable energy. Moreover, 88 countries have introduced price- or quantity-based incentives for renewable energy. Just over half of those countries are developing. Doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix is one of the three complementary objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative. Formally launched in the UN General Assembly in September 2012 and co-chaired by the president of the World Bank Group and the UN Secretary-General, SE4ALL calls on governments, businesses, and civil society to address urgent energy challenges, including increasing the use of renewable energy, by 2030.

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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BOTTOM LINE, BURNING COAL, CARBON, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CO, CO2, COAL, COMBUSTION, CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY, COOKING, DEFORESTATION, DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY, DOMESTIC ENERGY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ENERGY BALANCE, ENERGY CONSUMERS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EMISSIONS, ENERGY INDUSTRIES, ENERGY LOSSES, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY OUTPUT, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SERVICES, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY USERS, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, FORESTRY, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUELS, FOSSIL-FUEL, FUEL, GENERATION, GLOBAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, GLOBAL ENERGY DEMAND, GLOBAL ENERGY MIX, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, GREENHOUSE GASES, GRID ELECTRICITY, HEAT, HEAT GENERATION, HEAT OUTPUT, HEAT PUMPS, HYDROPOWER, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, NUCLEAR ENERGY, OCEAN ENERGY, OIL, PIPELINE, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRODUCTION OF ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY NETWORK, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY USE, RENEWABLE SOURCES, RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR IRRADIANCE, SOLAR WATER HEATERS, SOLID BIOMASS, SOURCE OF ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, TOTAL FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, TRADITIONAL BIOMASS, WASTE, WIND, WIND POWER, WORLD CONSUMPTION, WORLD ENERGY