Governments have decided collectively that the world needs to limit the

average global temperature increase to no more than 2 degrees C and

international negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting agreement will not

emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not begin before 2020.

Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new actions, the world is drifting

further and further from the track it needs to follow.

The energy sector is the single largest source of climate-changing

greenhouse-gas emissions and limiting these is an essential focus of

action. The World Energy Outlook has published detailed analysis of the

energy contribution to climate change for many years. But, amid major

international economic preoccupations, there are worrying signs that the

issue of climate change has slipped down the policy agenda. This Special

Report seeks to bring it right back on top by showing that the dilemma can

be tackled at no net economic cost.  To see the full report click here.