"A major shift in investment towards low-carbon sources of power generation is underway. New low-carbon generation – renewables and nuclear – from capacity coming online in 2015 exceeds the entire growth of global power demand in that year," the World Energy Investment 2016 report said.
Investment in renewable sources of energy, wind, solar and hydropower, has almost reached $290 billion, the energy watchdog stated, adding that nuclear power investment hit the 20-year record largely due to significant spending in China.
The international community is striving to tackle global climate change. Within the framework of the international efforts, the Paris deal on climate change was signed in December 2015. The agreement calls on all parties to respect their human rights obligations when taking action to address climate change and specifically to limit global average temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by reducing emissions.