US pressures global energy body to drop net zero modeling

(Ben Munster, Elena Giordano and Nicolas Camut – Politico) The United States is calling on the world’s most influential energy organization to abandon net zero emissions scenario modeling that has informed much of the global green transition, arguing the targets are unrealistic. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright made the call to other energy ministers at a closed-door ministerial meeting of the International Energy Agency in Paris on Wednesday, two people who were part of the discussions told POLITICO. The comments met with a muted response from other ministers, the people said. – US pressures global energy body to drop net zero modeling – POLITICO