TURKEY – Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide from about 150 million today to at least 300 million by 2030.
This as U.N. climate talks in Turkey focus on expanding access to electricity and transitioning away from fossil fuels.
The new global rooftop solar declaration, launched today at COP31, comes after a year of deadly climate-related disasters and as concern grows that governments are not doing enough to curb global warming.
The U.N. climate talks have been criticized in the past for making promises that later fall flat.
For rooftop solar goals to actually make a dent, experts said policies to upgrade power grids and subsidize solar panels and batteries must quickly follow.
