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Energy Resource
As of March 2023, the country's installed capacity was 415.4 GW, comprising 236.68 GW from thermal, 6.78 GW from nuclear, and 171.8 GW from renewable energy sources. Of these clean energy capacities, 42.1 GW is from hydro, 66.8 GW from solar, 42.6 GW from wind, and 4.7 GW from small hydro.
Source |
% of Share in Total |
Fossil
Fuels (Total) |
57.7% |
Non-Fossil
Fuels (Total) |
43% |
Hydro |
11.3% |
Wind |
10.2% |
Solar |
16.1% |
Bio Mass Power/Cogen |
2.5% |
Waste to Energy |
0.1% |
Small Hydro |
1.2% |
Nuclear |
1.6% |
Sunday, 13 November 2022
COP 27 (6 to 18 November 2022)
27th Conference of the Parties at Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt (6 to 18 November 2022),
For the main focus on builds the outcomes of COP26 to deliver action on an array of issues critical to tackling the climate emergency – from urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions, building resilience, and adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate change, to delivering on the commitments to finance climate action in developing countries. This relate to deliver on the landmark of the Paris Agreement.
Paris Agreement
UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris reached a breakthrough on 12 December 2015: the historic Paris Agreement.
The Agreement sets long-term goals to guide all nations:
· substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global temperature increase in this century to 2 degrees Celsius while pursuing efforts to limit the increase even further to 1.5 degrees;
· review countries’ commitments every five years;
· provide financing to developing countries to mitigate climate change, strengthen resilience and enhance abilities to adapt to climate impacts.
The Agreement is a legally binding international treaty. It entered into force on 4 November 2016. Today, 194 Parties (193 States plus the European Union) have joined the Paris Agreement.
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