This year's climate talks host, Türkiye, urged countries on Tuesday to join a voluntary push to make electricity account for 35% of global energy demand by 2035 as it outlined its priorities for the upcoming conference.
The COP31 summit to be held in November in Antalya is taking shape as the Middle East conflict roils global energy markets, exposing fossil fuel importers to price spikes and supply shortages.
The electrification target unveiled in Bonn was "a flagship initiative" of COP31 that could respond to this crisis and help insulate economies from fossil fuel price shocks, the Turkish conference organizers said in a statement.
Thousands of climate negotiators are in Bonn this week and next to draft agreements and lay the groundwork for the final decisions taken by political leaders at the summit due to start on Nov. 9.
Türkiye said raising the global share of energy demand met by electricity from roughly 20% to 35% by 2035 would speed up the shift from fossil fuels to renewable power.
