Energy supply has become a subject of major universal concern.
High and volatile oil and gas prices, threats to a secure and stable
supply and not least climate change have all pushed it high up the
international agenda. In order to avoid dangerous climate change,
global CO2 emissions must peak no later than 2015 and rapidly
decrease after that. The technology to do this is available. The
renewables industry is ready for take off and opinion polls show
that the majority of people support this move. There are no real
technical obstacles in the way of an Energy [R]evolution, all that is
missing is political support. But we have no time to waste. To
achieve an emissions peak by 2015 and a net reduction afterwards,
we need to start rebuilding the energy sector now.

An overwhelming consensus of scientific opinion now agrees that
climate change is happening, is caused in large part by human
activities (such as burning fossil fuels), and if left unchecked will
have disastrous consequences. Furthermore, there is solid scientific
evidence that we should act now. This is reflected in the conclusions,
published in 2007, of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), a UN institution of more than 1,000 scientists
providing advice to policy makers.
The effects of climate change have in fact already begun. In 2008,
the melting of the Arctic ice sheet almost matched the record set
on September 16, 2007. The fact that this has now happened two
years in a row reinforces the strong decreasing trend in the amount
of summertime ice observed over the past 30 years.

An overwhelming consensus of scientific opinion now agrees that
climate change is happening, is caused in large part by human
activities (such as burning fossil fuels), and if left unchecked will
have disastrous consequences. Furthermore, there is solid scientific
evidence that we should act now. This is reflected in the conclusions,
published in 2007, of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), a UN institution of more than 1,000 scientists
providing advice to policy makers.
The effects of climate change have in fact already begun. In 2008,
the melting of the Arctic ice sheet almost matched the record set
on September 16, 2007. The fact that this has now happened two
years in a row reinforces the strong decreasing trend in the amount
of summertime ice observed over the past 30 years.

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