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By Prof Ray Wills (The University of Western Australia) and Prof Peter Newman (Curtin University)
Most of the world is already rich in the two energy sources we need to decarbonise fast: sun and wind. Read together, the following four graphics show why the global shift to renewables is not constrained by resource scarcity, but by whether planning and investment move fast enough.
Taken as a whole, they change how we see the world — and help explain why fears about a “cost burden” from renewables are not just overstated, they are backward.
This first figure shows where we all live: about two-thirds of humanity live in the low to mid latitudes, and roughly 80% of you live in the Northern Hemisphere (we’re Down Under).
