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NASA

“NASA showed how a stupendous goal could be achieved, amazingly fast, if the will and the resources are there,” said Professor Martin Rees, former head of the Royal Society and another member of the Apollo group... The moon landings were spurred by cold war rivalries and Rees said the energy challenge would provide its own motivation: “I find it hard to imagine anything more inspiring for engineers than to provide clean energy for the world.”

• http://globalapolloprogramme.org/ -- http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Global_Apollo_Programme_Report.pdf

• http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/02/apollo-programme-for-clean-energy-needed-to-tackle-climate-change

The Apollo programme aims to double the money being spent globally on research and development of renewable energy, energy storage and smart grids from the current 2% of the world’s R&D budget. Nations joining the programme would commit to spending 0.02% of GDP on the R&D and would get a place on a global commission that would coordinate and direct the research to avoid duplication....

The plan has been discussed by G7 energy ministers and is on the agenda for the G7 heads of state.

The hope is for the Apollo project would launch in November 2015, just ahead of the crunch UN climate change summit in Paris which nations have set a deadline for a global deal.

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