Clean energy future requires electricity, gas, and infrastructure
Posted : 2021-03-13 09:39
By Kang Joo-myung
International Gas Union (IGU) President Kang Joo-myung / Courtesy of IGUThe global debate about climate change and the role of energy is at a critical juncture. That debate in recent years has been intense and loud, but we have not come far in aligning on an approach that enables us to meet the enormous challenges of decarbonization, energy access and energy security.
In the coming months, we have a real opportunity to do so ― with President Joe Biden's Climate Summit, the G20 meeting under an Italian presidency and COP26 under the leadership of the U.K. It will require a clarity of purpose and approach that has been lacking to date. This is not the time for politics and self-interest. We have to settle on an approach that delivers clean, secure and affordable energy.