HOPE EMERGES IN THE CLIMATE FIGHT

10 reasons to be hopeful that we will overcome climate change; From action in China and the US to falling solar costs and rising electric car sales, there is cause to be hopeful

Karl Mathiesen, 30 July 2014 (UK Guardian)

"For the last few months, carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have been at record levels unseen in over 800,000 years…Future generations will no doubt wonder at our response, given the scale of the threat. It’s known that death, poverty and suffering await millions, and yet governments still vacillate…But solutions are available. Here are ten reasons to be hopeful that humans will rise to the challenge…1) Barack Obama has made it one of his defining issues…2) China has ordered coal power plants to close…3) The cost of solar has fallen by two thirds…4) People are taking their money out of fossil fuels…5) Bangladeshi women are being retrained as solar technicians…6) Renewable energy will soon take the lion’s share of new power…7) European homes are using 15% less energy than they were in 2000…8) Cutting emissions has become a business imperative…9) Oil is becoming much more expensive to find…10) Electric car sales are doubling each year…” click here for more

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