A Green Electrification Target for All?

Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · Nov 5, 2026

Australia and Turkey chair this year’s Conference of the Parties – COP31 – in Antalya. The host Turkey is setting its own agenda, including a global electrification target as part of the Global Climate Action Agenda, to increase electricity’s share of global energy consumption from the current 20 per cent to 35 per cent by 2035. In order to maximise support, the COP co-chairs are proposing a non-binding and non-specific target. Although the EU and certain other countries are actively backing the initiative, financial support for developing countries is yet again an issue. Even the recent…