Memo to sceptics of a low-carbon world – 'it's happening'

[n2doc]

This year, the US is on track to install one solar energy system every four minutes. Not bad you might think, especially in a country where powerful oil and gas interests are keen to block progress on clean energy.

But there is a country that knocks the baseballing nation for a cricketing six – Bangladesh.

Late last year, the award-winning renewable energy scheme Grameen Shakti celebrated the installation of its 1 millionth home solar energy system – and that in one of the world's poorest counties. That's one every 90 seconds.

Individual examples of this sort of practical, grassroots climate action are impressive and inspiring, but rarely reported.

So this year, we're publishing our second annual "it's happening" gallery designed to inspire, excite and counter the insidious narrative from the climate sceptics and go-slowers, that the UK is engaged in some kind of unique and isolated climate folly.

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/oct/10/low-carbon-world-sceptics-climate-change

[kristopher]

1. The potential for solar is nothing short of incredible.

Conventional wisdom for many years was that when solar manufacturing costs hit $1/watt it would spark a revolution.

We are now expecting around $0.50/watt within a couple of years. The energy revolution has arrived.