Column: Will the global energy shock spark a worldwide energy efficiency drive? Maguire

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Alongside planned global expansions to renewable energy supply, this collective sustained cut to total energy demand could help achieve the goal of reversing the trend in climate-affecting emissions.
60% : China also has ambitions to become a leader in clean energy technologies, and so will likely look to export energy-saving capabilities over the coming decades just as homes, businesses and governments look set to adopt them at scale.
56% : Indeed, several key, fast-growing economies including Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Iran and Brazil have actually bucked the declining trend in energy intensity and have increased the amount of energy consumed per unit of GDP since 2015.

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