|
Support nonprofit, independent environmental journalism.
|
|
 Stories About: climate AND climate change mitigation AND energy AND G8 AND news
| Headline |
Author |
Published |
Section |
We Spend That Before Breakfast
Mere $45 trillion needed to tackle climate change, says IEA |
|
06 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:26 PM on 06 Jun 2008 A G8-backed goal to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 would take a global clean-technology investment of merely $45 trillion, the International Energy Agency said in a report Friday. That's about 1.1 percent of the world's average annual gross domestic product through 2050; more overwhelmingly, it's also about three times the size of the current U.S. economy. To meet ... |
|
| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, G8, news (all these topics) |
|
|
|
|
©2008. Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor®.