In November 2021, COP26 brought together governments, businesses, organisations and investors from all over the world to discuss the shift to clean energy. With the effects of climate change making themselves felt with increasing frequency and ferocity, experts warn that we must scale up the shift to clean power faster to provide sustainable and affordable energy for all.

1. S P E E D I N G U P T H E T R A N S I T I O N
TO SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY

2. M A R K L Y T T L E T O N
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In November 2021, COP26 brought together governments, businesses, organisations and
investors from all over the world to discuss the shift to clean energy. With the effects of climate
change making themselves felt with increasing frequency and ferocity, experts warn that we
must scale up the shift to clean power faster to provide sustainable and affordable energy for all.

3. In addition, keeping the planet
below the 1.5°C global warming
target would mean less droughts,
floods, storms and other extreme
weather events, as well as reducing
energy bills.
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M A R K L Y T T L E T O N
Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy in
Ashgabat, John Hamilton, wrote about the
global transition to cleaner energy on COP26
Energy Day 2021. Mr Hamilton indicated that
with storms raging, temperatures rising and
crops failing, the world has reached a critical
moment. In order to meet the goals set out
in the Paris Agreement, i.e. keeping global
temperature rises at or below 1.5°C, it will
be crucial to reduce reliance on oil, coal and
natural gas by switching to renewable energy
sources like solar and wind.
Experts predict that by 2050 renewable energy
could power the world. Mitigating the impact
of climate change would have numerous
benefits, reducing pollution – which kills up
to seven million people a year – by eliminating
the need to burn fossil fuels.
In addition, keeping the planet below the
1.5°C global warming target would mean
less droughts, floods, storms and other
extreme weather events, as well as reducing
energy bills.

4. You can learn more about sustainable energy
by visiting the blog of Mark Lyttleton.