GRACELIN BASKARAN: Climate change report a reminder that all is not lost
If we scramble towards renewables our aggregated efforts can yield improvements quickly, international panel says
23 March 2023 - 05:00
Before Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine the world’s scramble to “green” its energy basket was rapidly turning coal into a pariah. Putin left us with a global energy shortage that forced the world to re-embrace coal, much to the glee of companies that mine it.
But this was always designed to be a temporary stopgap amid extraordinary circumstances. This week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report reminds us that if we let go of our stopgap the return will be exponential. ..
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