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Pacific Forum call for investment in renewable energy

Pacific Islands Forum calls for foreign investment in the region, Radio Australia, 13 Aug 2010, “………………Climate change is dangerous but it is also throwing up opportunities. We have already mentioned the possibility of green energy developments. Now as you know all, without exceptions, all pacific island economies have absolute dependence on the importation of fossil fuels.

We need to accelerate work on renewable energy sources. (There is) plenty of sun out there, plenty of sun energy, but we don’t know how to use it in the most efficient way and this is where we need the new investors with the technology, the sense of efficiency and I think this is the moment we should capture, not to wait around for developments, but right now. – Tuiloma Slade Neroni Slade, the Pacific Islands Forum secretary-general;

Radio Australia:Pacific Beat:Story:Pacific Islands Forum calls for foreign investment in the region

August 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, renewable energy, renewables, solar, wind