
“World leaders gathering in Copenhagen next month for the UN Climate summit have a historic opportunity to avert the worst effects of climate change,” said Nobuo Tanaka, the IEA’s executive director. “The World Energy Outlook 2009 seeks to add momentum to their negotiations at this crucial stage by detailing the practical steps needed for a sustainable energy future as part of a global climate deal.”
If current trends in energy use continue, the world’s temperature will rise up to six degrees centigrade, according to the report. The warming would pose serious and costly threats to global energy security. While it’s predicted that the global economic crisis sharply reduced the world’s energy use this year, consumption is expected to resume its upward trend once economies stabilize if government policies don’t change….
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