A wind farm on the outskirts of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, is aimed at giving more people access to renewable energy sources.The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a livable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based energy transition
Meanwhile all climate indicators continue to break records, forecasting a future of ferocious storms, floods, droughts, wildfires and unlivable temperatures in vast swathes of the planet. Fossil fuels are the cause of the climate crisis. Renewable energy is the answer - to limit climate disruption and boost energy security. Had we invested earlier and massively in renewable energy, we would not find ourselves once again at the mercy of unstable fossil fuel markets.
There is a word for favouring short-term relief over long-term well-being. Addiction. We are still addicted to fossil fuels. For the health of our societies and planet, we need to quit. Now. I have urged financial actors to abandon fossil fuel finance and invest in renewable energy. And I have proposed a five-point plan to boost renewable energy round the world., we must make renewable energy technology a global public good, including removing intellectual property barriers to technology transfer., we must improve global access to supply chains for renewable energy technologies components and raw materials.
All this so called technology, but nothing to help the earth and the good of man kind. We'll be living like mad max and the book of Eli before we know it.