Full steam ahead for an inclusive energy transition
“We are on the cusp of a new economic era,” states a report published in
September 2018 by political, finance and economic leaders from around the
world.
The report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate predicts
that “rapid technological innovation, sustainable infrastructure investment and
increased resource productivity” will drive economic growth in a brave new
world powered by “affordable, clean, energy systems” available to everyone.
The good news is that many politicians, businesses and investors are already
onboard with this vision and benefitting from such change.
But much more can and needs to be done.
Indeed, the report makes it clear
that the only way to create economic growth and social prosperity, given the
increasing threat from climate change, is to move rapidly to an inclusive clean
energy economy, and that those in the lead stand to benefit most.
