UNCTAD: World Facing Multiple Energy challenges

The global credit squeeze, which makes energy supplies more difficult to obtain; concerns about carbon emissions and their effects on the climate; and potential declines in conventional oil reserves mean that the world, and especially developing countries, are facing serious obstacles in improving living standards and expanding their economies, UNCTAD

Jeremy Leggett, Executive Chairman of Solar Century (United Kingdom), opening the debate by video link, reviewed concerns about when peak oil production may be reached