An intense programme of 'Green Growth' would bring substantial benefits, according to the World Energy Outlook's 2009 report. It says the global financial crisis has stopped the rise in fossil-energy use, but only temporarily and the long-term growth will resume soon.
It says the world is on course for a 6C rise in temperatures with rising energy costs, but that a 2C rise is possible but only with a massive decarbonisation of the energy system that would require big emission reductions in all regions.
