Professor Guruswamy Addresses World Renewable Energy Congress

Professor Lakshman Guruswamy has been asked to give the plenary address at the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) in Glasgow, Scotland, this July. The proposed topic of Professor Guruswamy’s speech is based on a current Center for Energy and Environmental Security project titled, “Global Warming, Energy Insecurity and Energy Justice: The Path Not Taken.” Professor Guruswamy will focus on the idea that any reaction to dilemmas caused by global warming should not be undertaken at the expenditure of the energy poor. He says that, “the term ‘energy poor’ refers to over a billion and a half people that live in rural and urban slum areas without electricity, and includes the nearly billion and a quarter impoverished humans who live on less than one dollar a day.”

“To be invited to deliver a plenary address along with some of the most influential renewable energy experts and decision-makers in the world is an honor,” stated Professor Guruswamy.

WREC is a conference held every two years where energy experts participate in the conversation of energy. The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the European Commission are among the prestigious organizations sponsoring the conference.