5,500 additional gigawatts of renewable capacity to come online between now and 2030. Thats more than the current Power Capacity of china, the european union, india and the United States combined. China is leading the pack, responsible for 60 of the additional output. And solar is winning the renewable race, making up 80 of the forecasted growth. But Electricity Infrastructure is not keeping up. Up to 10 of renewable energy is going to waste because its not able to be stored at times when more is being generated than needed. For more, joining me now the ieas Executive Director, dr fatih birol. This is a rare piece of good news and shows what can be achieved when a real effort is made. It is extremely good news for everybody, i would say, almost everybody, i would say, almost everybody around the world, because renewables are growing very strongly and there is huge potential for them to grow, and the main driver of this is very strong, massive growth is not necessarily climate policies.
With just hours to go until Hurricane Milton makes landfall in florida, millions of people are rushing to leave their homes. Its currently a category five hurricane , the highest possible classification with ferocious winds of up to 270 kilometres an hour. Forecasters say Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall within the coming hours, and has the potential to be one of the most destructive recorded in the region. President biden says President Biden says getting out was a matter getting out was a matter of life and death. Of life and death. Millions of people have been millions of people have been told to leave there homes. Told to leave there homes. Its less than two weeks its less than two weeks since another powerful since another powerful hurricane hit the state. Hurricane hit the state. These are live pictures these are live pictures from florida which as you can from florida which as you can see if already being battered see if already being battered by strong winds and he
Americas other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. This time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. There have been 17 Mass Shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. Deaths from gun violence in the u. S. Up 23 so far this year. Its another case where the victims were frontline workers. Last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. And now its rail workers helping other Essential Workers get to work during this pandemic. These are the folks who are showing up every day throughout the pandemic to ensure that transit would operate every day to support members of our community to depended on transit for their livelihoods or for their lives and, you know, these are Essential Workers and they took risks to themselves, showing up every day for work, and now their friends and their Family Members are mourning their loss. The mayor says the gunman was a coworker and the victims due them well. This is happening everywhere in
Americas other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. This time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. There have been 17 Mass Shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. Deaths from gun violence in the u. S. Up 23 so far this year. Its another case where the victims were frontline workers. Last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. And now its rail workers helping other Essential Workers get to work during this pandemic. These are the folks who are showing up every day throughout the pandemic to ensure that transit would operate every day to support members of our community to depended on transit for their livelihoods or for their lives and, you know, these are Essential Workers and they took risks to themselves, showing up every day for work, and now their friends and their Family Members are mourning their loss. The mayor says the gunman was a coworker and the victims due them well. This is happening everywhere in
Americas other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. This time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. There have been 17 Mass Shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. Deaths from gun violence in the u. S. Up 23 so far this year. Its another case where the victims were frontline workers. Last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. And now its rail workers helping other Essential Workers get to work during this pandemic. These are the folks who are showing up every day throughout the pandemic to ensure that transit would operate every day to support members of our community to depended on transit for their livelihoods or for their lives and, you know, these are Essential Workers and they took risks to themselves, showing up every day for work, and now their friends and their Family Members are mourning their loss. The mayor says the gunman was a coworker and the victims due them well. This is happening everywhere in