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Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University

Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun

Mexico's Villanueva solar farm is one of the largest in the Americas. Alfredo Estrella/Getty

It’s increasingly common to hear from experts and the general public that the global shift away from fossil fuels is glacially slow, or even nonexistent.

As the view goes, the meteoric rise of clean energy is only supplementing fossil fuels rather than pushing them out. Repeated with increasing frequency by many – including the fossil fuel lobby – this view is not only incorrect, but dangerous. If accepted as truth, it will encourage climate fatalism.

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