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Markets are pushing electrification. Governments must push harder

For 30 years global climate talks have focused on what’s feeding power systems. The defining battles of the annual COP UN climate summits have been between wind turbines and chimney stacks; solar panels and pipelines. How we use that power to electrify buildings, transport and industry has been largely ignored, despite these sectors producing almost half of emissions.