The president of this year’s crucial COP26 meeting on climate has called on countries to work together to speed up the energy transition.
Alok Sharma said individual national efforts are important but said together, the world can build on the gains in renewables already established.
“By working together, we can achieve the clean energy transition, at the scale and pace that is actually required, whilst protecting jobs and livelihoods,” said Sharma, speaking at the COP26 Clean Power Transition Virtual Roundtable.
“If I can say this to us all, this is our moment in history to make those vital, decisive and positive choices, so that we can protect the future of our planet and our peoples.”
The Conservative MP said international efforts will “reinforce one another” and “allow us to make progress faster”.
“Civil society has helped build support for clean power in many countries,” he said.
“As we’ve heard, economies of scale have reduced costs for everyone. We all know that the power sector exemplifies the benefits of collaboration.”
COP26 takes place later this year in Glasgow.