Renewables share of final energy consumption target (IEA Sustainable Development Scenario)
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28%
Global · 2040
Renewables share of final energy consumption target worldwide (IEA Sustainable Development Scenario) stood at 28% in 2040 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Sustainability
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Should progress continue at the pace currently forecast, the share of renewables in final energy consumption would be roughly 18% by 2040 – significantly below the IEA Sustainable Development Scenario’s benchmark of 28%.
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- APA
- International Energy Agency. (2040). Market Report Series: Renewables 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QB54W1J6A8DS9R4PV36BPCW4JY
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2040, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QB54W1J6A8DS9R4PV36BPCW4JY.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2040. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QB54W1J6A8DS9R4PV36BPCW4JY.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2040renewablespcw4jy, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2018}, year = {2040}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QB54W1J6A8DS9R4PV36BPCW4JY}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Market Report Series: Renewables 2018
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Sustainability
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_QB54W1J6A8DS9R4PV36BPCW4JY