Renewable
energy is set to surpass natural gas to become the world's second-largest power
source by 2016, making it a small bright spot in the otherwise bleak outlook
for mitigating climate change, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
The
IEA, which advises rich industrialized countries on energy policy, has warned
repeatedly that the world is on an unsustainable energy path and earlier this
month said the climate deal that international governments are targeting by
2020 could come too late to avert a global temperature increase of more than 2
degrees Celsius.
