How to Supercharge Renewables and Energize the World | Rebecca Collyer | TED

The power sector generates the electricity that sustains modern life -- but it's also the number one contributor to climate change. We need a swift and equitable shift to renewable energy, says 2023 Audacious Project grantee and ReNew2030 executive director Rebecca Collyer. In conversation with TED's David Biello, she introduces a new coalition of governments, businesses and communities that aims to drastically scale wind and solar capacity in the 30 highest-emitting countries. Learn more about their plan -- and why Collyer has hope for a greener, more equitable future. (This ambitious idea is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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[WheelchairRitchie]

If it’s a problem for all of humanity u don’t need money it should be a global agreement.

[MF_JONES]

"we lack ambition" - if there's a good business case then ambition is not even a question, investment would swarm

[adrianmoore]

"Precious minerals sustainably sourced" so doing this without slaves.

How did the renewables work in Germany after Russia invaded Ukraine?

Why is nuclear energy not on this list?

This video needs someone from the power generation & distribution field to balance out this buzzword salad of safety and fantasy.

Renewables have a place, but this video was a waste of time

[geoffrobinson]

Do nuclear. Energy density is what advances civilization.

[charliesdiycorner]

TED should stop promoting this crap. These solar and wind videos generate less than 15K views on a channel with 24 million subscribers. That says it all.

[ema]

Such a bad way to have a ted talk, please if is just a presentation remove the fake questions coming from the second person who stay there just to nod and make fake questions, it make the talk feels faked from top to bottom and you can see from the face of the people talking. they are suffering too to have to swallow this fakness ...

Who had the idea to have this format need to be fired it just make all feels fake.

Thank you

[blackdog]

Unbelievable she actually believes that crap

[nataliegist]

We need more plants and trees and Hurd animals which will heal the planet look it up. We should also paint black tops white with black stripes.

[rodneyohrt]

You would think they'd be able to do this without any inconvenience

[sophiaisabelle]

I do think we need to pay close attention to environmental issues. Through that, we might be able to harness a breakthrough that could effectively bring forth solutions to be set in place in the future.

[prsingh]

It will affect hunger index because of waste land and also. There is no. Way to. Decompse waste material of solar and wind they are not recyclable

[sunroad]

"In any system of energy, Control is what consumes energy the most.
No energy store holds enough energy to extract an amount of energy equal to the total energy it stores.
No system of energy can deliver sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it.
This universal truth applies to all systems.
Energy, like time, flows from past to future" (2017).

[dennistucker]

@Rebecca Collyer...the petroleum industry has a financial stake in keeping the energy biz as is. They will do all they can to keep their power and wealth. I think your "think tank" is pretty stupid because your not addressing this.