20 June 2012 - Dr. Thiemo Gropp, Director of the Desertec Foundation, has issued a statement intended to influence opinion during this weeksRio+20 event. “For decades, national leaders have negotiated for an internationally-binding agreement on climate change mitigation with limited progress,” says Groop, “If necessary, we must form a coalition of the willing… to harness renewable energies where they are at their most abundant and can therefore provide power most cheaply”.
According to the International Energy Agency, carbon dioxide emissions are higher than they have ever been. At the same time, discussion about how to implement the available solutions to the climate crisis has been marginalised. In light of this, the Director of the Desertec Foundation, Dr. Thiemo Gropp, says “we must now turn our focus to the available solutions and the measures necessary to speed their global implementation. A rapid worldwide transition to a renewable energy supply is such a solution”. Gropp argues in a statement released today that such a shift in the global energy model would not only decarbonise our energy supply and meet the rising demand of a growing global population, but would also decouple economic growth from demand for finite fuel resources, thus making an effective contribution to global poverty reduction. read more>>>
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