Global Apollo Programme aims to make green energy cheaper; A better path to avoid dangerous climate change?

Global Apollo Programme, a major global research campaign, aims to fight climate change by making clean or green energy cheaper. Within 10 years, they are dedicated to make the wind and/or solar power become less costly in every country than the electricity from coal.

Scientists and economists have team up to launch a global research initiative to make clean energy cheaper than coal within 10 years-a dedicated path to avoid dangerous climate change. They have compared this goal to the 1960's US Apollo programme of sending a man on the Moon.

The team called the plan the Global Apollo Programme. They hope to employ each nation to boost research and development into key areas of renewable energy, storage and electricity transmission, rather than using the energy from coal.

Research shows that burning of fossil fuels and coal-fired power stations in particular, has resulted in carbon dioxide emissions continuing to increase. This has linked to the global warming we are experiencing nowadays. According to reports, the average temperature is already 0.8C above, and of it rises over 2C, serious environmental consequences are sure to happen in the near future.

Thus, Global Apollo Programme aims to put coal out of the business. Instead of it, focus on making renewable energy, such as solar and wind power. They the 10-year programme already identified six key areas where improvements in technology can make more efficient and cost effective: Renewables, Electric storage and Smart grids.

For now, the program has received positive feedbacks from the countries including EU member states, the United States, Japan, Korea, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, India and China. It is reported that world leaders will have a conference in Paris this December to agree on a plan for their campaign against global warming.

The brains behind Global Apollo Programme include former government chief scientist Sir David King, past president of the Royal Society Lord Rees, and economists Lord Stern and Lord Layard.