据ICIS网站12月3日新加坡报道 冠状病毒的流行使全球在能源效率方面的进展减缓至十年来的最低点，对实现国际气候目标构成威胁。总部设在巴黎的国际能源署（IEA）表示，这使得未来三年对于扭转“令人担忧的趋势”至关重要。
IEA在周四发布的《2020年能源效率报告》中称：“全球一次能源强度（世界经济活动使用能源效率的一个关键指标）今年的改善幅度预计不到1%，为2010年以来最低。”
报告称：“这远远低于实现全球应对气候变化、减少空气污染和增加获取能源的共同目标所需的进展水平。”
IEA表示，由于全球能源危机引发的经济衰退，全球能源效率投资可能在2020年下降9%。
IEA执行董事法蒂赫·比罗尔说：“我们欢迎各国政府为应对经济危机而增加能源效率支出的计划，但我们迄今所看到的情况并不平衡，仍远远不够。”
“对于追求可持续复苏的政府来说，能源效率应该是首要任务，其就像一台就业机器，推动经济活动，为消费者节省资金，使重要基础设施现代化，同时减少排放。”“没有理由不投入更多的资源。”
根据IEA的分析，到目前为止，各国政府公布的与效率相关的刺激措施的全球支出估计将在2021年至2023年间创造近200万个全职工作岗位。
报告还称，通过加强公共和私营行业在建筑、交通和工业领域的投资，进一步开展与能源效率相关的复苏工作，可能在全球范围内再创造400万个就业机会。
王磊 摘译自 ICIS
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Pandemic slows down energy efficiency progress to decade low
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed down global progress in energy efficiency to a decade low, posing a threat to meeting international climate goals. This makes the next three years critical to reverse the “worrying trend”, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
“Global primary energy intensity - a key indicator of how efficiently the world’s economic activity uses energy - is expected to improve by less than 1% this year, the weakest rate since 2010,” according to IEA’s Energy Efficiency 2020 report released “This is well below the level of progress needed to achieve the world’s shared goals for addressing climate change, reducing air pollution and increasing access to energy,” it said.
Investment in energy efficiency worldwide is “We welcome plans by governments to boost spending “Energy efficiency should be at the top of to-do lists for governments pursuing a sustainable recovery - it is a jobs machine, it gets economic activity going, it saves consumers money, it modernises vital infrastructure and it reduces emissions,” he added.
“There’s no excuse not to put far more resources behind it,” Birol said.
Global spending Further recovery efforts related to energy efficiency could create another 4m jobs globally through enhanced public and private sector investments in buildings, transport and industry, it added.
