At COP31, Electrification takes centre stage amid Presidency's pitch for 35-by-35 goal

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) As world leaders and climate negotiators gathered in Turkiye's Antalya to discuss ways to tackle climate change, support for the goal of increasing electrification to 35 per cent of global final energy consumption by 2035 seemed to gain momentum. Turkiye and Australia, the two countries steering COP31, have made electrification a priority of this climate meet. Through this 35-by-35 Global Electrification Pledge, they hope to rally as many counties as possible to increase electricity's share of global final energy consumption to 35 per cent by 2035. Electrification, supporters say, is a way to…