{"id":415635,"date":"2026-01-17T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/415635\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:08:37","slug":"climate-variability-emerges-as-both-risk-and-opportunity-for-the-global-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/415635\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Variability Emerges as Both Risk and Opportunity for the Global Energy Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/library.wmo.int\/idurl\/4\/69760\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>, in its third edition, finds that 2024\u2014the warmest year on record, with global temperatures reaching around 1.55\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels\u2014brought pronounced regional shifts in solar, wind and hydropower potential, alongside a 4% increase in climate-driven global energy demand compared with the 1991\u20132020 average. These climate-driven changes are occurring as global renewable energy capacity surpassed 4,400 gigawatts (GW), amplifying the interaction between climate conditions and energy systems at an unprecedented scale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The findings underscore the urgency of integrating climate intelligence into energy planning as countries work to deliver on the COP28 UAE Consensus, which calls for tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimate variability is no longer a background consideration for the energy sector\u2014it is a defining operational factor,\u201d said Prof. Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General. \u201cAs renewable energy systems expand, their performance and reliability are increasingly shaped by heat extremes, rainfall variability and shifting atmospheric patterns. Integrating climate information and early warnings into energy planning is essential to build power systems that are both clean and resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The report, in its third edition, finds that 2024\u2014the warmest year on record, with global temperatures reaching around&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,2848,295,66,11547,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-415635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-climate","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-water","14":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}