Giving Away Green Technologies
Stokes, Bruce
National Journal, November 20, 2009, v41, #47, 2p
"Scientists and climate experts say that faster dissemination of clean technology is needed to have a hope of meeting the target of limiting the rise in average global temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius, a level that should minimize potentially catastrophic climate changes. To achieve that ambitious goal, the current level of global emissions of CO2 must be cut by at least half by 2050. Installing climate-friendly technologies at an unprecedented pace is the only way to ensure that success." The author points to a recent study by Chatham House, the British think tank, that "concludes that the most important result from Copenhagen would not be some new technological aid program but merely a clear signal to global markets and investors that far-reaching change in business-as-usual technological development is imminent and inevitable. This, more than anything, would spur greater business investment and international collaboration to develop the technologies needed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions."
Bruce Stokes is the international economics columnist for the National Journal, a Washington-based public policy magazine and a journalism fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
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