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title: "Solving Climate Change Through Energy Innovation"
date: "2013-01-28"
authors: ["Matthew Stepp"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
topics: ["Clean Energy Innovation"]
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2013/01/28/solving-climate-change-through-energy-innovation/"
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# Solving Climate Change Through Energy Innovation

## Summary

Solving climate change is the one of the greatest technology innovation problems.

As President Obama noted, there has never been a more important time to take a cold, hard look at the realities of existing clean energy technologies and the global climate challenge. Unfortunately, clean energy policy is at a crossroads. Thanks to public investments during the last five years by the United States, Europe, and China, among others, zero-carbon technologies like solar, wind, and electric vehicles have improved significantly and become cheaper, but still not as cheap as fossil fuels.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2013/01/28/solving-climate-change-through-energy-innovation/*