Italy—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 20% final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020 The EU, which is responsible for national environmental policies of member countries including Italy, has not made a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. The current EU binding target is 20% final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020...
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Indonesia Renewable Energy
Indonesia—No 100% commitment by 2050 Benchmark: 31% renewable target by 2050 Indonesia has not committed to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. By 2025, Indonesia plans to raise renewable energies from the current 7% to 23% share in the national energy mix. By 2050, Indonesia seeks to raise renewables to 31% of the mix. Indonesia...
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India Renewable Energy
India—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: Produce 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022 India has not made a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. India’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) target is to reduce emissions intensity by 33%-35% by 2030 over 2005, achieving a 175 GW renewable energy capacity by 2022, and to increase...
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Germany Renewable Energy
Germany—No 100% 2050 commitment Benchmark: 80 % renewable energy by 2050 Germany has short-term and long-term goals for ensuring that energy efficiency is achieved. It intends to reduce 50% of primary energy use by 2050 (compared to 2008 levels) and 80% of greenhouse gas emissions by the same year (compared to 1990 levels) (Rafindadi and...
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France Renewable Energy
France—Yes 100% by 2050 The European Union officially launched the European Union Climate and Energy Package in 2008, setting new environmental targets for 2020 that are even more ambitious than those set in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. One of these objectives is to reach a 20% share of renewable energies in the total EU consumption...
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China Renewable Energy
China—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 29% of electricity from renewables by 2030 China has not made a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050; however, its renewable energy target is to produce 20% of its electricity from clean sources by 2030. China has planned to invest 2.5 trillion Yuan (292 billion pounds) into renewable...
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Canada Renewable Energy
Canada—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: Electricity system to run 90% on non-emitting resources by 2030 Canada has not yet made a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. Renewables represents 66% of Canada’s electricity generation: 59.3% is hydroelectricity, wind power is 4.4%, biomass power is 1.9 % and solar power is 0.5%. Nuclear power...
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Brazil Renewable Energy
Brazil—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 48% of renewables by 2026 Brazil’s Paris Agreement commitment aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 37% below 2005 levels by 2025, and 43% by 2030. It was the first developing country to commit to an absolute reduction of emissions from a base year, as opposed to reductions based...
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Australia Renewable Energy
Australia—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 20% by 2020 Australia has released a Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme to encourage the growth of renewables, but the goal of 100% renewables by 2050 is out of the scope of the current plan. The nation has a goal of 100% Net-Zero carbon emissions by the 2050 benchmark, but...
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Argentina Renewable Energy
Argentina—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 20% by 2025 Although Argentina has made important strides in the domain of renewable energy, there is general consensus that their renewable energy sector needs to be augmented significantly. Argentina has not declared a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by a certain date. However, earlier this year the Government...