Despite commitments to renewable energy & two decades of international negotiations global emissions continue to rise. Coal the most damaging of all fossil fuels has actually risen from 25 per cent to almost 30 per cent of world energy use. & while European countries have congratulated themselves on reducing emissions they have increased their carbon imports from China & other developing nations who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living increase in developing countries coal use can only increase as well
- & global temperatures along with it. In this hard-hitting book Dieter Helm looks at how & why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming & argues for a new pragmatic rethinking of energy policy
- from transitioning from coal to gas & eventually to electrification of transport to carbon pricing & a focus on new technologies. Lucid compelling & rigorously researched this book will have a lasting impact on how we think about climate change.