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IPCC calls for swift switch to alternative power

At least tripling of green energy use necessary to stifle climate crisis, report says

GREEN POWER  Rapid adoption of alternative power production, including wind, solar and nuclear power, will be necessary to avert a climate crisis, the latest IPCC report says.

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By Beth Mole

- More than 2 years ago

The best scenario for slowing global warming by 2100 requires the world to triple or quadruple by 2050 its use of renewable energy and sources of energy that emit only low amounts of greenhouse gases.