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IRENA: Mexico can more than quadruple share of renewable energy by 2030

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Policy changes in the power market are needed to unleash Mexico’s renewable energy potential, with planning for expanded infrastructure and grid integration. billion by 2030 when taking into account factors like reduced health costs and pollution. Current plans, however, would only achieve a 10% share of renewables by 2030.

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Report for IPCC finds renewables could supply up to 77% of global energy by 2050 under most optimistic scenario; need for enabling public policies and investments

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This could contribute towards a goal of holding the increase in global temperature below 2 °C—an aim recognized in the United Nations Climate Convention’s Cancun Agreements. The summary is a short version of a roughly a thousand page comprehensive assessment compiled by for IPCC’s Working Group III.

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