Accelerate Transition to Clean Energy
The transition from fossil energy to renewables is an important key to curbing the rise of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Thousands of people, dominated by adolescents from various countries, stage a rally in Madrid on Friday (6/12/2019) evening, demanding that world leaders taking part in the COP25 climate talks in the city take real action against climate change. The rally was also joined, among others, by youth activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden. The gap between targets and the reality of reducing emissions has triggered anxiety and social movements in many countries.
MADRID, KOMPAS — The transition from fossil energy to renewables is an important key to curbing the rise of greenhouse gas emissions. However, global use of coal-based energy, including in Indonesia, shows a trend that contradicts the national emissions-reduction target.
This was exposed in a workshop on energy, transportation and housing held by the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) at a side forum of the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC-COP25) in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday (7/12/2019).