Why energy matters
Worldwide, burning fossil fuels to supply our energy needs contributes to 74% of manmade greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change is an energy problem.
More than this; transporting our energy into the country from far and wide means we have little control over its availability and price. And that compromises our energy and therefore economic security.
It is imperative that something as fundamental to our way of life is reliable and non-polluting. And that’s why a renewable future is so important – it will mean an energy supply that is local, natural and available for future generations.
Climate change is the definition of a global threat. A failure to act in time will affect us all. This is the pre-eminent challenge in global governance. If we cannot deal collectively with such a threat to our very existence as a species on this planet, we are lost.
