Plan to Make Renewables Cheaper than Coal Within 10 Years

Three weeks before the UN Secretary-General's extraordinary meeting of world leaders in New York to tackle climate change, a leading British scientist unveils plans for a global low-carbon fund on a par with the Apollo Moon programme.

There are prospects of significant progress in the response of world governments to climate change, according to a former UK Government chief scientist, Sir David King.

"There are signs that a leadership role is beginning to emerge", he told a conference in London held by the Green Economy Coalition.

Sir David also announced that he and a colleague are working with governments to raise funds to help all countries, including developing countries,  to switch to renewable energy.  Their scheme hopes to raise nearly as much as the cost of the Apollo program, NASA's moon landing project.

"President Obama is getting ready to commit the US to action, and last week the Chinese Prime Minister, Li Kichiang, announced that his country"s emissions had fallen by 5% in a year", he said.

"The US and China are positioning themselves for an agreement.  And that's not all.  The first speech by the new leader of India, Narendra Modi, spoke of his determination "to solarise" the economy.

Plan to Make Renewables Cheaper than Coal Within 10 Years