EEI International
Lawrence Jones is Senior Vice President of EEI International Programs.
At the 28th Conference of Parties last December, global industry, business, and government leaders highlighted the need for a systemic transition of critical infrastructure and an economy-wide transformation to enable the clean energy transition. Leaders from over a hundred thirty countries pledged to triple the world's renewable energy capacity by 2030.
This will require an extensive array of critical resources. This month's column discusses the importance of three of those critical resources that will help enable the clean energy vision EEI's member companies share, adapt how we harness our shared global ecosystems, and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
The question of how to scale up access to these resources — subject to external factors and societal, economic, and natural constraints — is capturing the attention of business leaders, policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders.
A relatively smooth and affordable clean energy transition requires a bridge between the old and the new, from status quo to new paradigms. While working toward systemic change, critical infrastructure will operate in conjunction with traditional and new technologies, rules, regulations, and business models. All the while, stakeholders will be focused on reliability and affordability.