The Korea Times
Amid a global energy crisis, international delegates gathered in Korea’s southwestern city of Yeosu this week for the third United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Week – a key stop on the road to this year's U.N. Climate Conference (COP). Their discussions focused on the supply side of the energy story, such as how much wind and solar infrastructure is being built and which countries are pulling ahead. While supply is essential, it follows demand — and the demand side is where households most directly feel the impact. When the cost of energy rises, so does the cost of living. With electricity demand growing faster in Asia than anywhere else, the region is now leading on the three fronts that drive the energy transition: electrification, energy efficiency and the grids that tie them together. Scaling that leadership to the rest of the world is what the Global Climate Action Agenda is built to do. We drive this work through negotiations under the UNFCCC, where national governments, businesses, investors, cities and regions, and civil society turn political co
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