The world is headed for an environmental “catastrophe” if countries do not invest in renewable energy, France President Francois Hollande warned on Tuesday.
Speaking at a green energy conference in Abu Dhabi, the French president said that people had an obligation to protect the planet for future generations.
“If we don’t act, if we don’t do anything, if we don’t invest anything, we can be sure that we will have a catastrophe very soon. We have to have confidence to invest in the new energy. We can act together to create this world of renewable energy,” he told delegates at the World Future Energy Summit.
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He added: “It’s an architectural challenge, an urban challenge and an economic challenge. It’s our economic duty to promote these kind of energies like the ones we are promoting today, and we are obliged make our planet liveable for the next generation. We can see the demonstration of this here in the United Arab Emirates.” Hollande also called for the use of more energy efficiency in older cities.
