Energy security concerns, exacerbated by the US-Iran war, have led some European countries to increase fossil fuel production and delay climate regulations.
COP31 electric push tests Europe's political realities
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At COP31, Turkey urges governments to raise electricity's global energy share to 35% by 2035. Europe aims to become an 'electro-continent' but faces economic and political pressures from trade tensions and the Iran war.
- Turkey proposes increasing electricity's share of global energy consumption from around 20% to 35% by 2035.
- The EU plans to nearly double electricity's share of final energy consumption to around 46% by 2040.
- Europe's electrification goals face challenges from deepening trade tensions with China and the Iran war.
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