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Countries endorse 35x35 electrification pledge at COP31

At the COP31 Leaders’ Summit, a set of countries endorsed the presidency’s pledge of increasing electricity’s share of final global energy use from around 23% today to 35% by 2035. 
Susan Wright
Susan Wright
Countries endorse 35x35 electrification pledge at COP31
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At the COP31 Leaders’ Summit, a set of countries endorsed the presidency’s pledge of increasing electricity’s share of final global energy use from around 23% today to 35% by 2035. 

Following is a statement from Dr Nick Wayth, global director of the WRI Polsky Centre for the Global Energy Transition.  

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