Speeches 2007
The Resources Trilemma between Efficiency, Social Justice and Security
31/05/2007
The following text is based on a speech by Jeroen van der Veer at the St.Gallen conference, 31 May 2007.
The Resources Trilemma between Efficiency, Social Justice and Security
Jeroen van der Veer discusses three hard truths that will cause some turbulence in the global energy system in the coming decades: accelerating energy demand, the difficulty of meeting that demand with easy conventional oil and gas, and rising CO2 emissions as a consequence of increased coal use. While the three hard truths have a dynamic of their own, a cooperative world could mitigate some of the uncertainties through effective and stable regulatory frameworks. These measures should serve to enhance energy efficiency, promote alternative energy, and promote the capture and storage of CO2.