Behind the worrying global slowdown in energy efficiency
Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions. As a result of policies, technology and markets, the intensity of the world’s energy use improved by 1.2% last year. Yet this was the slowest rate of improvement since 2010 and the third year in a row that the rate has weakened – a trend that has serious implications for efforts to reach global climate and energy goals.
Energy Efficiency 2019, published today, explores what is behind this worrying slowdown. Our new report finds that technologies used in buildings, factories and transport systems are becoming more energy efficient at a slower rate, and that social changes are compounding this by adding to energy demand faster than technological change can keep up.
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