Global Turbulence May Spur 'Giant Leap' for Climate Action - Expert: Africa AfricaClimateHope
Book outlines steps to tackle climate change, inequalityAs rocketing energy and food prices fuel inflation and social discontent in many countries, the world may have entered a period of"big turbulence" that could force a green transition in the global economy, said a leading environmental scientist.
"We have underinvested in all the new renewable energy systems for decades and now we're paying the price really badly," said Rockström, co-author of a new book that urges what it calls a"Giant Leap" towards a greener and fairer society. "It will be more stable, more distributed and more democratic because it won't be in the hands of a few autocrats, it will be in the hands of every nation or every household even."
The book presents the results of a two-year analysis which finds that the investment needed to make the proposed"Giant Leap" is 2-4% of global gross domestic product per year - less than annual subsidies to fossil fuel industries.
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