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6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit – there's progress on some of them already

  • Written by Dolf Gielen, Director for Technology and Innovation at the International Renewable Energy Agency and Payne Institute Fellow, Colorado School of Mines
imageThe energy transition is already underway.Volker Hartmann/Getty Images

Much of the news coming out of the U.N. climate conference has focused on the spectacle, and how countries’ pledges aren’t on track to prevent dangerous climate change. But behind the scenes, there is reason for hope.

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