Clean energy progress too slow to limit global warming, warns IEA

With governments failing to promote green energy, top scientists say the drive to keep temperature rise below 2C has stalled

 

The development of low-carbon energy is progressing too slowly to limit global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. Photograph: Murdo Macleod

 

The development of low-carbon energy is progressing too slowly to limit global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday.

With power generation still dominated by coal and governments failing to increase investment in clean energy, top climate scientists have said that the target of keeping the global temperature rise to less than 2C this century is slipping out of reach.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/17/clean-energy-progress-global-warming