A solar farm in Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Despite optimistic forecasts that see China’s total energy from solar and wind increasing more than 13-fold till 2040, China will still be getting just 3 per cent from solar and wind by then. Photo: Reuters
Why the Paris climate treaty is just a load of very expensive hot air
Bjorn Lomborg says the pledges in the costly agreement – to be signed this week – won’t significantly reduce global warming. What’s needed instead is a much faster transition from fossil fuels to cheap green energy sources
A solar farm in Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Despite optimistic forecasts that see China’s total energy from solar and wind increasing more than 13-fold till 2040, China will still be getting just 3 per cent from solar and wind by then. Photo: Reuters
