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Though the climate change meeting largely ignored solar’s potential, the sun might be doing the heavy lifting in the global effort to raise emissions standards.
Renewable energy is a vital and increasingly desirable part of the world’s energy mix if climate change is to be tackled. But at the Poznan summit, discussion about solar power was virtually absent from the agenda. Still, host Steve Curwood reports that some solar advocates are optimistic about the future of harnessing energy from the sun.