Australia and Turkey will be co-hosting the annual U.N. climate conference, known as COP31, in November this year.
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Turkey will serve as host nation, with its Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Murat Kurum, acting as COP31 president.
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Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, will lead negotiations.
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Together they have laid out a clear agenda for the conference: to spotlight the urgent need to electrify economies.
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To this end, one major goal of the event will be for countries to set a target to reach 35% electrification by 2035.
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countries → set → 2035
Electricity currently meets just 21% of global energy demand.
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The ambitious goal comes at a critical time: The U.N. recently warned that if the world hopes to limit warming to below 2° Celsius by the end of the century, emissions will need to be cut by 18% in the next three years, and by 45% by 2035.
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Kurum answered TIME’s survey on the state of the climate movement:
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What is the single most important action you think the public, or a specific company or government, needs to take in the next year to advance the climate agenda?
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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has opened a new window of opportunity for the energy transition.
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closure → open → transition
The single largest disruption in the history of modern energy markets demonstrated the inherent risks of depending on imported fuels.
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This has been the second energy crisis within five years, putting these vulnerabilities beyond reasonable doubt and changing the terms of the debate.
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As new technologies mature and cheapen, the answers to the needs for energy security, affordability and sustainability are now aligning like never before.
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As the COP31 Presidency, we are meeting this moment by pushing a simple solution: electrification.
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This means accelerating the deployment of electric cars and motorbikes, heat pumps and cooking stoves, and industrial heaters and motors, all supported by expanded and upgraded infrastructure.
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We have already signaled our intent for electrification to frame the annual COP U.N. climate summit and launched the COP31 Global Electrification Pledge for everyone to endorse.
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The goal is to raise electricity’s share of global final energy consumption from around 23% to 35% by 2035.
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The International Energy Agency found that, if the world reaches this “35-by-35” target, fuel-importing countries could cut their annual import bills by more than $400 billion.
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The 35-by-35 Pledge will be a political focal point, raising the visibility of electrification on the international stage and setting a global benchmark.
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But we also want to build momentum with concrete action in the real economy.
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Governments should mainstream electrification targets into their national plans and invest accordingly.
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Companies should electrify their vehicle fleets, their buildings and their industrial processes.
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And households can also participate by switching to new energy efficient electric tech.
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households → participate → tech
COP31 will be known as when we sparked the electrification movement into life.
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The technology exists.
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The economics are getting stronger.
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