Governance

Chair: United States of America

Co-Chair: China

The seven Partner countries produce approximately 54% of the world's electricity. Improvement in power generation and transmission efficiency in Partners thus has the potential to reduce the emissions of millions of tons of CO₂ and pollutants. This share of power will likely continue to grow given both China and India's goals to increase access to modern energy services throughout their rural regions and the need for increased generation capacity in all Partners.

A stable and affordable supply of electricity is indispensable for economic growth. With increased availability of electricity to large numbers of people in developing countries and increasing electrification in developed countries, the power generation sector is and will continue to be the largest emitter of emissions. Modeling indicates that accelerated adoption of world-best practice for thermal power generation alone would reduce global emissions by 1.5% by 2010, as well as reduce air pollution significantly.