investment projected to total $2.3 trillion over decade

摘要

With world energy consumption expected to grow by 40% in the next two decades, opportunities for low-carbon innovations exist throughout the economynanywhere energy is used, according to the report, "The Business of Innovating: Bringing Low-Carbon Solutions to Market." Innovation in low-carbon energynis a "key pathway to addressing climate change and to providing sustained economic growth," Pew Center on Global Climate Change President Eileen nClaussen said in an Oct. 18 teleconference. "Our goal with this project was to study the unique challenges to low-carbon innovations, learn what leading nbusinesses are doing to address these challenges, figure out the keys to their success, and communicate those findings to other companies," she said.