FOR 30 YEARS global climate talks have focused on what’s feeding power systems. The defining(标志性的) battles of the annual COP UN climate summits have been between wind turbines and chimney stacks(烟囱); solar panels and pipelines. How we use that power to electrify buildings, transport and industry has been largely ignored, despite these sectors producing almost half of emissions.(我们如何利用电力来推动建筑、交通和工业的电气化，却基本被忽视，尽管这些部门的排放量几乎占到一半。)
30年来，全球气候谈判一直聚焦于电力系统的能源来源。一年一度的联合国气候变化大会（COP）上，标志性的交锋发生在风力涡轮机与烟囱之间、太阳能电池板与管道之间。至于如何利用电力来推动建筑、交通和工业的电气化，却基本被忽视，尽管这些部门的排放量几乎占到一半。
Like a northern European city this summer, electrification is now getting its day in the sun(迎来高光时刻). An opportunity has opened up as the economics have shifted. Energy prices are rising sharply, cost-of-living pressures are biting(刺骨的；尖锐的) and green-technology costs are plummet(骤降)ing. Preliminary data indicate markets are moving this year as more electric tech is shifting off the shelves.(初步数据显示，随着更多电动技术产品被抢购一空，市场今年正在发生变化。)
就像今年夏天北欧某座城市一样，电气化如今也迎来了属于自己的高光时刻。随着经济格局发生变化，一个机遇已经出现。能源价格急剧上涨，生活成本压力不断加剧，而绿色技术成本却在骤降。初步数据显示，随着更多电动技术产品被抢购一空，市场今年正在发生变化。
Campaigners often insist the economic case for green technology is clear. But hopes that market forces alone will solve the energy transition are misplaced(错误的；不恰当的). Even with building momentum, existing trends indicate electrification is expanding too slowly—from meeting 23% of the world’s final energy consumption today to 29% by 2035.(即便势头正在增强，现有趋势表明电气化扩张仍然太慢——从目前满足全球终端能源消费的23%，到2035年仅升至29%。) This is not the 35% that the science says will keep climate goals within reach.(这并非科学界所说的、能使气候目标保持可实现范围的35%。) State intervention is still needed, urgently.
活动人士常常坚称，绿色技术的经济理由显而易见。但指望仅靠市场力量就能解决能源转型，这种想法是错误的。即便势头正在增强，现有趋势表明电气化扩张仍然太慢——从目前满足全球终端能源消费的23%，到2035年仅升至29%。这并非科学界所说的、能使气候目标保持可实现范围的35%。仍然迫切需要国家干预。