The world is at last beginning to tackle its fossil
fuel addiction. Coal is no longer competitive, and wind farms and solar
installations are gathering pace – in Australia, northern Europe, China, India
and elsewhere. Electric mobility and ride sharing are redefining transport, especially
in cities tired of breathing dirty air. Huge strides in energy efficiency are
being made.
The problem, as the science here is telling us, is
that we’re not making the change nearly as quickly as we need to. This is of course
not new – it’s an almost carbon copy of what we were told last year, and the years
before that. But what we do have is yet more compelling science, and something
that adds to that provided by the 1.5 degree report recently released by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change.