Last week we blogged that Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, had said the unsayable: that is, it's virtually impossible for us to meet climate change targets with current policies.
Dr Birol made these remarks at a lecture at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change. The slides from that lecture are now online. The concluding slide states:
Recently announced policies can make a difference, but fall well short of what is needed for a secure & sustainable energy future
The age of cheap oil is over, though policy action could bring lower international prices than would otherwise be the case
Stronger penetration of natural gas can have profound implications for energy markets and environment
Renewables are entering the mainstream, but long-term support is needed to boost their competitiveness
Lack of ambition in Copenhagen/Cancun has increased the cost of achieving the 2C goal & made it less likely to happen
Blog posts tagged with 'climate'
Thursday, 27 January 2011
If you missed IEA's chief economist "saying the unsayable", slides from the talk are now online
Posted by Robert Butler at Thursday, 27 January 2011
Tags: climate, copenhagen, iea, oil, renewable energy
Tags: climate, copenhagen, iea, oil, renewable energy
Friday, 3 December 2010
Our winners broadcast globally over the weekend
This Saturday, films of our winners are being shown across the world. The Rural Energy Foundation and the partnership between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and SNV will have their stories shared in Cancún. Their films will form part of a festival put on by the International Institute for the Environment and Development (IIED) as part of their Development and Climate Days side event. To be screened in the morning slot, they will form part of the five shorts presented under the theme 'Techonology and Adaptation: shifting towards sustainable energy production'.