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In the Balance: Shifting the Dial

Shifting the Dial

28/04/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - In the Balance, Shifting the Dial

What does the world need to do to move faster on renewable energy?

Why are countries failing to hit targets on renewable energy? What can the world do to move faster?

How can the world move faster to ramp up renewable power? In the Balance examines the efforts of businesses and governments to manage the shift from fossil fuels - coal, gas and oil - to renewable sources like wind, solar and hydro. 

It's sometimes a bewilderingly complex world of goals, targets and treaties. But the key thing, according to the International Energy Agency, is that currently the world is not shifting fast enough away from fossil fuels. Ed Butler hears from energy industry insiders and experts on ways to boost renewable technologies and what's holding them back.

Contributors: 
Claudia Kemfert, energy expert DIW, Germany
Stephen Bull, Senior Vice President, Statoil, wind and carbon capture and storage
Wilfrid Petrie, CEO, Engie UK

Producer: Audrey Tinline

(Picture: Lightning flashes over windmills near Sieversdorf, eastern Germany, 2017. Credit: AFP PHOTO / Patrick Pleul / Germany)

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