<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div><blockquote><p>"COP21 in Paris is over. Now it’s back to the hard work of fighting for, and implementing, the energy transition."</p></blockquote>
<p>In the following paper Richard Heinberg and David Fridley argue that
not only do we need a plan but, in fact, we need lots of them. Their
essay showcases the Post Carbon Institute’s proposal for energy
transition, distinguishing between the easy stuff, the harder stuff, and
the really hard stuff. Here's an excerpt:</p><blockquote>
<p>"Pursuing the renewable energy transition without equity in mind
would likely doom the entire project. Unless the interests of people at
lower economic levels are taken into account and existing inequalities
are reduced, the inevitable stresses accompanying this all-encompassing
societal transformation could result in ever-deeper divisions both
between and within nations, and lead to open conflict. On the other
hand, if everyone is drawn into a visionary project that entails shared
effort as well as shared gains, the result could be overwhelmingly
beneficial for all of humanity. This is true, of course, not only for
the renewable energy transition but also for our response to impacts of
climate change that are by now unavoidable."</p></blockquote>
<p>Link: <strong><a href="http://commonstransition.org/renewable-energy-after-cop21-nine-issues-for-climate-leaders-to-think-about-on-the-journey-home/" title="Renewable Energy After COP21: Nine issues for climate leaders to think about on the journey home" target="_blank">Renewable Energy After COP21: Nine issues for climate leaders to think about on the journey home</a></strong></p></div><br></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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