Owning an electric car, driving an electric motorbike taxi, riding scooters – we speak to people in Oslo, Kigali and Shanghai about their everyday routinesThe race to electrification has emerged as a key theme of this year’s UN climate summit: increasing the use of electricity – particularly from clean sources – has the potential to improve daily life for people around the world.The summit’s co-hosts are now trying to get countries to promise to increase their electricity use to 35% of all energy used by 2035. The global figure currently stands at 23%, but some countries are already striding ahead. As 100,000 delegates, negotiators and world leaders thrash out the details in Antalya, Turkey, the Guardian spoke to three people in Norway, Rwanda and China to find out what life looks like in more highly electrified countries. Continue reading...
‘I spend less, that’s all that matters’: life in the world’s most electrified countries
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Guardian EnvironmentBy Miranda Bryant, Ignatius Ssuuna and Xiaoying You
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Owning an electric car, driving an electric motorbike taxi, riding scooters – we speak to people in Oslo, Kigali and Shanghai about their everyday routines The race to electrification has emerged as a key theme of this year’s UN climate summit: increasing the use of electricity – particularly from clean sources – has the potential to improve daily life for people around the world. The summit’s co-hosts are now trying to get countries to promise to increase their electricity use to 35% of all ene
Key Takeaways
- ‘I spend less, that’s all that matters’: life in the world’s most electrified countries.
- The global figure currently stands at 23%, but some countries are already striding ahead.
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