Seven out of 10 countries set to exceed their wind power targets are in Europe, according to a new report.

The world is falling well short of a promise made at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, according to a report by energy think tank Ember released last week.

Last December, countries at the UN COP28 climate conference committed to tripling all renewable electricity by 2030. Wind power specifically must triple to achieve that, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and others.

Examining national targets set by 70 countries that account for 99 per cent of existing wind power, Ember, an energy nonprofit based in London, projects that over the next six years, wind power will double, not triple, compared to the 2022 baseline.

The report looked at wind turbines both onshore and offshore.