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The Cop31 climate summit is betting on electrification – but still needs a plan to ditch fossil fuels

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par Freddie Daley, Research Associate, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex
Peter Newell, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex

The latest UN climate summit, Cop31, will get underway in Antalya, Turkey, on November 9. One of its key objectives is to boost electrification across the global economy – replacing petrol and diesel vehicles, gas boilers and some industrial processes that burn fossil fuels with electric alternatives.

The summit’s host, Turkey, has set a target of 35% of energy demand being met by electricity by 2035, up from around 20% today. Announcing the “35-by-35” pledge, Cop31 president Murat Kurum described it as

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