• S&P Global analysis flagged emerging markets as the main driver of energy demand growth, challenging more-ambitious climate targets.
• Energy demand from EMDEs projected to rise more than 60% by 2060, adding 155 EJ of primary demand; advanced economies and China seen flat.
• Study judged 1.5°C pathways implausible; global net-zero before 2100 unlikely; 2°C possible only under the most aggressive decarbonization case.
• Under that case, solar and wind capacity rises eight-fold globally by 2060, grids need $50 trillion of investment, emissions fall 65%.
• Fossil fuels remain embedded; even in the 2°C case, upstream oil and gas investment exceeds $11 trillion through 2060.

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