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FAQ on ‘Clean Energy Shift’ – what it is and why it matters

Mark Lynas · 12 Mar 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Keeping global warming to the Paris target now looks impossible by any realistic measure.

    Their wordsKeeping to the Paris target now looks impossible by any realistic measure.

  2. Our reading

    Clean energy is expanding rapidly, and decarbonization rather than fossil fuels is now the new business as usual.

    Their wordsClean energy is expanding rapidly and decarbonization, not fossil fuels, is the new 'business as usual'.

  3. Our reading

    The rate at which clean energy displaces fossil fuels should become the key measure of climate progress.

    Their wordsAnd the rate at which clean energy displaces fossil fuels in the global economy should become the key measure of climate progress.

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