The World Needs a New Energy Paradigm

Dick Hedberg; Sven Kullander; Harry Frank

doi:10.1007/s13280-010-0057-9

1 July 2010 The World Needs a New Energy Paradigm

Dick Hedberg, Sven Kullander, Harry Frank

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AMBIO: A J. of the Human Environment, 39(sp1):1-10 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0057-9

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During 19–20 October 2009, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences arranged the international symposium Energy 2050 in Stockholm. The symposium was held in association with the Swedish EU presidency in autumn 2009. Internationally renowned scientists assessed the energy issue in a broad perspective, with particular emphasis on the possibilities of a fossil-free future. The symposium focused on key topics emanating from the in-depth energy studies carried through by the Academýs Energy Committee since 2005. The world community is facing a challenge of historic proportions to define a new energy paradigm based on fossil-energy substitutes. This article gives an overview of the current global energy situation (2007) and of the technologies which have the major potential for supplying energy up to year 2050 without jeopardizing the CO₂ emission targets.

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Dick Hedberg, Sven Kullander, and Harry Frank "The World Needs a New Energy Paradigm," AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 39(sp1), 1-10, (1 July 2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0057-9

Published: 1 July 2010

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