Small, cheap and renewable household power sources are available.
We know there are technologies out there--solar power, wind, other renewables -- that's the energy of the future. One of the main challenges facing the international communty is bringing that "energy of the future" to countries that want to develop rapidly today.
A new initiative is launched today that promises to give a boost to the cause of enabling sustainable energy solutions for the developing world.
A few high-profile American executives shared their perspectives on sustainable business. They offered a first-hand view of government shortcomings, the powers and limitations of private sector action, and the role US citizens have played in stymieing the global climate talks.
In a candid session on energy and the environment at the Clinton Global Initiative yesterday, the world’s lead climate negotiator Christiana Figueres explained why her organization, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), had made so little progress in establishing international climate protection regulations.
By Juliana Williams, Editor It's Getting Hot in Here. Special to UN Dispatch
Speaking of gambling...Streaming live from Las Vegas, it's the National Clean Energy Summit, featuring (among others) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and UN Foundation boss Tim Wirth.