IEA calls for $45 trillion energy "revolution"

James S Murray
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Cutting global emissions by 50 per cent by 2050 to cost 1.1 per cent of average annual global GDP according to new International Energy Agency report

The full scale of the environmental and energy challenge facing the global economy was underlined today with the release of a major new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) warning that the...

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