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  "title": "Laszlo Varro: Climate Change Shaping Energy Policy",
  "publication": "IMF Podcasts, September 25, 2017",
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  "summary": "Join Us on Every Major Platform Libsyn Spotify YouTube Soundcloud Apple BEHIND THE MIC Bruce Edwards International Monetary Fund Bruce Edwards produces the IMF podcast program.",
  "publishDate": "2017-09-25",
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      "heading": "Key findings and observations",
      "content": "- The podcast states that \"80 percent of the world’s energy consumption is based on fossil fuels,\" which account for most of the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet.\n- Climate change is described as affecting the global economy and as a defining feature in energy policy making.\n- The electricity sector is said to be \"moving towards renewable energy in a very determined fashion.\"\n- While efforts to reduce carbon emissions are characterized as \"generally off track,\" the podcast highlights technological progress and investment momentum in the clean energy sector as reasons for optimism.\n- Laszlo Varro is identified as Chief Economist for the International Energy Agency."
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    {
      "heading": "Participants and production",
      "content": "- Interviewee: Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency.\n- Producers / Hosts: Bruce Edwards (International Monetary Fund) and Rhoda Metcalfe (independent journalist and audio producer).\n- Bruce Edwards is noted as producing the IMF podcast program and as an award-winning audio producer and journalist."
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      "heading": "Themes for policymakers and stakeholders",
      "content": "- The dominant role of fossil fuels (80 percent of energy consumption) underscores the scale of the transition challenge for energy and climate policy.\n- The determination of the electricity sector to adopt renewables suggests policy emphasis on electricity-sector decarbonization can leverage existing momentum.\n- Technological progress and investment momentum in clean energy are identified as leverage points for accelerating emission reductions despite current efforts being \"generally off track.\""
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    "The electricity sector is said to be \"moving towards renewable energy in a very determined fashion.\"",
    "While efforts to reduce carbon emissions are characterized as \"generally off track,\" the podcast highlights technological progress and investment momentum in the clean energy sector as reasons for optimism.",
    "Laszlo Varro is identified as Chief Economist for the International Energy Agency.",
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    "Producers / Hosts: Bruce Edwards (International Monetary Fund) and Rhoda Metcalfe (independent journalist and audio producer).",
    "Bruce Edwards is noted as producing the IMF podcast program and as an award-winning audio producer and journalist.",
    "The dominant role of fossil fuels (80 percent of energy consumption) underscores the scale of the transition challenge for energy and climate policy.",
    "The determination of the electricity sector to adopt renewables suggests policy emphasis on electricity-sector decarbonization can leverage existing momentum.",
    "Technological progress and investment momentum in clean energy are identified as leverage points for accelerating emission reductions despite current efforts being \"generally off track.\"",
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