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"Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve
only incremental change, at best. Activist Greta Thunberg has described them as
“blah blah blah” moments – grossly inadequate and too often hijacked by fossil
fuel producers who would like the world to keep buying their main exports.
Look more closely. The world is slowly but surely shifting away from fossil
fuels. When historians look back, they will likely see the 2015 Paris agreement
as the key pivot point. It achieved a global consensus on climate action and
set the goal for nations to decarbonise by mid-century.
In recent years, the enormous task of switching from fossil fuels to clean
energy has been given a boost by tailwinds from the need to get off Russian
gas, to the plummeting cost of clean energy.
Focusing on the success of global talks is no longer the only game in town. To
see real progress, look to countries like China, Germany and the United States,
who are moving faster to invest in clean energy technologies – not just for the
world’s sake, but because it’s in their own interests to move first."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
