Full Title: Salvaging Durban with Clean Energy Innovation
Author(s): Matthew Stepp and Robert D. Atkinson
Publisher(s): The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
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Description (excerpt):
Kyoto. Copenhagen. Cancún. Now Durban. Don’t expect much when representatives from nearly 200 countries meet in the South African city this week to try once again to create an international climate change agreement. Even if talks succeeded beyond the proponents’ wildest dreams and every country agreed to carbon emissions targets, it would still not be a success. Why? Because carbon emission targets alone can’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough—not with the current technology. Like previous conferences, Durban is likely to overlook the best way to drastically reduce carbon emissions—making unsubsidized clean energy cost-competitive with fossil fuels by driving innovation.