“A Shell veteran of 35 years requests the company pension fund he depends on to divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in clean energy. A geoscientist currently working for an oil and gas major quits to take qualifications in renewable energy. These are the stories the latest two commenters on my website tell. The great global energy transition will play out in countless small dramas like this. But reminders of the over-arching global narrative, that we are in a race against time, are remorseless. And setbacks in the post-Paris world can be expected in parallel with steps forward, as the last fortnight illustrates all too well.”
We are winning the carbon war, but will we continue to do so? And in time to avoid a Phyrric victory?
This exert is written by Solarcentury founder Jeremy Leggett. The rest of Jeremy’s summary of progress in the great energy transition can be read here.
You can download a free eye witness account of the global climate and energy story from 2013 through to the Paris climate conference in December 2015, in Jeremy’s book The Winning of the Carbon War.
Also available as a printed book, including discounts for bulk orders. All profit is being donated to SolarAid, the international charity set up by Solarcentury in 2006 to combat poverty and climate change.