Conversations That Matter Ep 62 Gianni Kovacevic

Episode 62

Gianni Kovacevic

Realistic Environmentalism

This week’s Conversation That Matters features Gianni Kovacevic who says we need to keep our climate goals in perspective. He points out that about half of the world’s population is either just entering or about to enter the consumer class.

According to Kovacevic the products they want will require energy to build, he says, “there is no government, no army and no spiritual force that will stop them from seeking the quality of life of developed nations” He says the demand for electricity will grow from 5,600 gigawatts today to more than 14,000 gigawatts in the next 25 years that’s close to a 300 per cent increase in power generation globally.

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