The Great Energy Transition of the 21st Century
Energy is crucially important for all three pillars of sustainable development – social, economic and environmental well-being. Energy for lighting and transportation supports networks that connect people, societies and economies. Energy is required for heating, cooling, refrigeration, transportation, and impacts every economic sector and faucet of human life, impacting our ability to provide adequate healthcare, education, ensure food security, and basic living needs. Properly applied, and energy technologies can be used to efficiently deliver basic human needs, drive economic impacts, and mitigate environmental problems; used carelessly, and energy technologies can create problems of their own.
The term ‘energy transition’ was first coined nearly 50 years ago in 1977 during US President Jimmy Carter’
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