G-20 Clean Energy Investment Over the Next Decade Could Reach $2.3 Trillion

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pew Charitable Trusts on December 8 will release new data forecasting clean power sector investments among G-20 members over the next 10 years. The report will model three different policy scenarios to determine growth:  

• Business-as-usual: no change from current policies;
• Copenhagen: policies to implement the pledges made at the 2009 international climate negotiations in Copenhagen; and
• Enhanced clean energy: maximized policies designed to stimulate increased clean energy investment.

WHAT: Telepress conference: The Pew Charitable Trusts' report on G-20 clean power investment over the next decade

WHEN: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. EST

WHO:

Phyllis Cuttino, Director, Pew Climate and Energy Program

Ethan Zindler, Head of Policy Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

WHERE:

BACKGROUND:

B-roll, including comment by Phyllis Cuttino about the report findings, will be available to credential media December 8. Please contact Tracy Schario at 202.540.6582 or [email protected] for additional information. The executive summary, key findings and country profiles also will be available in select languages, including German, French, Italian and Mandarin. An MP3 of the call will be available in English at www.PewGlobalWarming.org the following business day.

This briefing is for credentialed media only.

The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life. www.pewtrusts.org

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