Wind Energy Can Meet 65% of Tabled 2020 Emissions Reductions by Industrialised Countries
Copenhagen, 14 December 2009 Against the
backdrop of the ongoing climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the Global
Wind Energy Council today released calculations showing that wind
energy alone could achieve up to 65% of the emissions reductions
pledges by industrialised countries.
"Wind power is rapidly emerging as a key technology towards a low carbon, resource efficient Green Economy," said Achim Steiner, UN Under Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, when presenting the figures at a joint UNEP/GWEC press conference in Copenhagen.
