The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called on countries to immediately abandon new projects in the oil and gas sector, stop building CHP plants, and by 2035 abandon gasoline-powered cars. This is the only way to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and keep the global temperature rise at around 1.5 ° C, the organization said in a report published on Tuesday.

Humanity still has a “narrow but achievable” opportunity to achieve zero emissions, but the effort it will take makes it “arguably the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced,” notes IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. According to him, the world needs decisive action, "backed by broad international cooperation."

At the same time, even if the governments of the countries fulfill all the commitments on climate that they gave, including under the Paris Agreement, this will not be enough to keep the global temperature rise at an acceptable level, the report says. In addition to moving away from oil and gas and switching to electric vehicles, countries need to quadruple solar and wind energy. To do this, according to the agency's estimates, governments will have to more than double investments in renewable energy - up to $ 5 trillion.

However, so far not all countries are fulfilling their earlier promises, the organization states. “We are seeing more and more governments around the world commit to zero emissions, and this is very good news.

Things seems very bad if they are so open so soon.