WEC calls to âhumaniseâ global energy system
World Energy Council report finds that energy leadersâ perceptions of risk and strategic priorities have changed
Energy industry leaders perceptions of risk, opportunities and priorities have all âradically changedâ over the past year, according to the World Energy Council s (WEC s) annual World Energy Issues Monitor report, published today.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Covid-19 pandemic and associated economic turbulence was the biggest source of uncertainty among the 2,500 surveyed across 108 countries. Indeed, uncertainty around economic trends increased by a third in the 12th year of the report over last yearâs edition.
The WEC, an international network of energy stakeholders, also found there is a growing focus on the social agenda associated with the energy transition, with increased awareness
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climate change, renewable energy and energy efficiency are hot issues for energy
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Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:38 am
The twelfth annual World Energy Council (WEC) Issues
Monitor for New Zealand shows climate change, renewable
energy and energy efficiency are hot issues for energy
executives.
This year energy leaders see carbon
abatement as a critical uncertainty, particularly now as the
energy sector reviews draft advice from the Climate Change
Commission which sets emissions targets until
2035.
The Issues Monitor provides a snapshot of what
keeps energy policymakers, CEOs and leading experts in 108
countries busy during the day and awake at night.
The
survey looks at 30 issues and how they are perceived by
energy leaders from different parts of the world. Issues are
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