IEA - 2050 Report
The International Energy Agency is not known as a hot bed of tree huggers. It has been one of the oft quoted sources of the Australian Liberal (they are conservative) Party's thoughts about energy policy... but they have dropped a new report outlining the viable pathway to net zero emissions by 2050 . It is a huge document with lots of stuff in it, and I am not an expert in these things... but I consider myself a reasonably sensible and intelligent person... and interested in the future of the human species. So in the context of this blog I wanted to highlight a few things it mentions in terms of our built environment. By 2030 - all new buildings need to be zero-carbon-ready . That is quite soon! I would be curious as to our current level, but it is almost certainly a very small proportion and not increasing fast enough to meet this target. By 2040 - 50% of existing buildings need to be retrofitted to zero-carbon-ready levels . "Around 2.5% of existing residential build...