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Despite the rapid adoption of wind and solar energy in recent years, fossil fuels currently account for over 80% of the world’s energy and over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Global climate goals are still within reach but only by radically shifting from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Join Systems Change Lab on May 23 at 9 a.m. EDT (3 p.m. CEST) for an important discussion with leading policy leaders and energy experts about what can be done to accelerate the global clean energy transition. ​​

Speakers will discuss pressing issues in the global power sector and how to overcome bottlenecks to a clean energy future. Topics will include the unprecedented shift to renewables prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, how to secure permitting for new transmission lines and responsibly securing enough critical minerals for battery storage, and the growing political momentum for COP28 to call for an end of pollution from fossil power.

Co-hosted by World Resources Institute, the Bezos Earth Fund and Climate Action Tracker (a project of NewClimate Institute and Climate Analytics), the webinar will be informed by insights from System Change Lab’s new data platform, which finds that delivering climate action across the power system requires four critical shifts: 
Phase out unabated coal and fossil gas electricity generation  

Rapidly scale up zero-carbon electricity generation  

Modernize power grids, scale energy storage and manage power demand  

Ensure energy access and a just and equitable transition for all 
 

    
Moderator:

    
Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy, World Resources Institute 

    
Speakers:
    
Laura Cozzi, Chief Energy Modeller, IEA 

Mohamed Adow, Founder and Director, Power Shift Africa 

Nandini Das, Energy Research and Policy Analyst, Climate Analytics 

Nicole Iseppi, Director of Energy Innovation, the Bezos Earth Fund 

To register for this online lab, click HERE