“We have repeatedly called upon governments to honour their climate commitments”, said Mr Gurría in his keynote address. “[…] And despite strong progress on renewables, fossil fuels continue to dominate our energy mix. The fact that we now have the technologies to avoid a lot of emissions, and that their cost is falling like a stone, makes inaction today doubly unacceptable.”

This lecture was organised in partnership with the OECD and was moderated by Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute.

Read Angel Gurría’s full speech, The Fourth Biennial Climate Lecture: Reclaiming Our Common Future.