We need new energy sources
World leaders have been urged to put more money into developing new energy technologies to tackle global warming by the President of the Royal Society.
"If we look at what is happening worldwide, there is a greater and greater demand for energy, especially in the developing world, India and China in particular, and at the same time carbon dioxide is rising very fast and it's clear that unless we can control the carbon dioxide then we will run into a dangerous level of potential climate change 50 years from now.
"And that's why there's urgency, because if you want to meet the expectations of the developing world, we need new kinds of energy.
"None of the kinds of energy that we can produce now routinely are going to really be sustainable in the long run at the scale we need."
The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 global energy demand will increase by 50%.
"If we look at what is happening worldwide, there is a greater and greater demand for energy, especially in the developing world, India and China in particular, and at the same time carbon dioxide is rising very fast and it's clear that unless we can control the carbon dioxide then we will run into a dangerous level of potential climate change 50 years from now.
"And that's why there's urgency, because if you want to meet the expectations of the developing world, we need new kinds of energy.
"None of the kinds of energy that we can produce now routinely are going to really be sustainable in the long run at the scale we need."
The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 global energy demand will increase by 50%.
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