Global energy investment expected to tumble 20% in 2020 due to COVID crisis: IEA

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Global energy investment is expected to plunge by around 20% or $400 billion in 2020, its biggest fall on record, because of the new coronavirus outbreak, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday.

The Paris-based IEA said this could have serious repercussions for energy security and the transition to clean energy as the global economy recovers from the pandemic.

At the start of the year, global energy investment was on track for a 2% increase in 2020, its biggest growth in six years, the IEA said. A total of $1.8 trillion was invested in the sector in 2019. “It means lost jobs and economic opportunities today, as well as lost energy supply that we might well need tomorrow once the economy recovers,” he said, adding that it could hurt the move towards cleaner energies.

 

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Na. Let's not.

It'll only be 10% if Trump resigns now.

Just thank China.

I’m a HUGE HUGE fan of coal. We should just burn what we know. No need to invest in dangerous new technologies.

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