...9.8 billion by 2050. Coupled with rapid urbanization, this will continue to drive energy demand.
Global electricity demand has been growing about twice as fast as overall energy use and could climb by more than 50 percent by 2040, with energy demand growing by 25 percent over the timespan.
Meanwhile, the challenge of meeting growing energy demand while reducing harmful emissions and greenhouse gases continues to be a very significant one. Global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide rose 1.4 percent in 2017, the biggest annual rise on record.
..Here in the U.S., clean energy employs 777,000 people, roughly the same as the telecom industry. Wind and solar energy employ more people than coal energy in 30 states.
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