Power to Change - Summary of key elements and policy messages

This report shows that enough low-carbon technologies exist to help the world avert damaging climate change, but that strong policy is needed to support their rapid deployment.

It contains a comprehensive comparison of existing and potential technologies with a very specific outline of policies and measures to drive large-scale technological development and deployment worldwide.

The investment needed for capital replacement and additional infrastructure development has been estimated at $US11.6 trillion by 2030.The report highlights that this presents a significant opportunity to direct investments towards low-carbon technologies.

It was developed by the members of the Electricity Utilities Sector Project who have taken part in a “technology-by-technology” analysis to determine what policies will be needed at national and international levels to deploy the technologies on the required scale.

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Author WBCSD Publication Date 8 Dec 2008 Document Type Publications Issue/Topic Electricity Utilities Energy & Climate Source WBCSD Include In RSS WBCSD Publications		748 kb