Leading energy buyers, suppliers, solutions providers and governments have launched the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact, in partnership with Sustainable Energy for All and the U.N. Energy.
The compact represents a new global effort to accelerate the transition to a carbon-free electricity sector to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.
In addition to Google, founding signatories of the compact include The AES Corp., Orsted, EDP, the city of Des Moines, Iowa, the government of Iceland, and others.
A carbon-free electricity sector is the foundation for creating a net-zero emissions global economy. Electricity generates 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and is key to decarbonizing other sectors of the economy, including buildings, transport and industry. Meeting this challenge will require a rapid acceleration in the pace of clean energy deployment, the development of advanced carbon-free energy technologies and significant policy changes.
