The article describes the features of the next edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO-2018), which has a number of significant differences from previous similar publications, due to the fact that the issue of climate change is central to it. Among them - the emergence of new scenarios for the future development of the world energy sector (the main one is the Sustainable Development Scenario, and the additional one - the Future is Electric Scenario); increased attention to studying the role of electricity in meeting the world's growing energy needs and the possibilities for the further electrification of all sectors of the world economy; estimation of indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the functioning of the oil and gas industry. The article describes the features of the next edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO-2018), which has a number of significant differences from previous similar publications, due to the fact that the issue of climate change is central to it. Among them - the emergence of new scenarios for the future development of the world energy sector (the main one is the Sustainable Development Scenario, and the additional one - the Future is Electric Scenario); increased attention to studying the role of electricity in meeting the world's growing energy needs and the possibilities for the further electrification of all sectors of the world economy; estimation of indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the functioning of the oil and gas industry.
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