When Nothing Else Makes Sense, Renewables Do

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Public-Private Dialogue at IRENA’s 8th Assembly highlights what governments and businesses can do to unlock investment in renewable energy

“We find ourselves in a time when scaling-up renewable energy investment makes sense, even when not much of anything else makes sense,” Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council told a ballroom filled with ministers, diplomats, parliamentarians and other leaders from public and private sector at IRENA’s 8th Assembly on 13 January 2018.

Reporting to IRENA’s decision making body from the Public-Private Dialogue, Sawyer’s statement rang true in that in a world of fake-news and fast changing circumstances, for more than a decade a renewable energy has been an increasingly reliable and affordable investment.

 

 

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