The zero-emissions imperative
The Zero-Emissions Imperative / Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, Project Syndicate, 24/01/2014
Our planet is warming dangerously. And, as the 2013 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes clear, our carbon-dioxide emissions over the past half-century are extremely likely to be to blame. A more robust approach to global warming is needed if we are to avoid catastrophe. Unlike the recent financial crisis, there is no bailout option for the earth’s climate…