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The energy systems of the future may look different from today’s—the world is in the midst of an energy transition, and it continues to gain momentum. However, even with net-zero commitments from governments and businesses, rapid adoption of low-carbon technology, and oil demand peaking as soon as 2025, a 1.5°C pathway remains increasingly challenging. McKinsey’s latest Global Energy Perspective offers insight on the longer-term trends reshaping the landscape, from emissions reductions to the future energy mix, energy investments, and more. Don’t miss this flagship report.

— Torea Frey, managing editor, Seattle

Global Energy Perspective 2022

We’re in the midst of an energy transition that continues to evolve.

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Quote of the Day

“I think that how we decide to coexist, the actions we take to coexist as a society in the face of enormous demographic change, is the greatest social challenge facing our country and other diversifying countries for the next generation or two.”

—Justin Gest, author and associate professor at George Mason University, on the majority-minority demographic shift in a new Author Talks interview

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Author Talks: One billion more

The global population is fast approaching the eight billion mark. A former Department of Defense consultant says not to panic.

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