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Martin Gilbert: Rocky road ahead to sustainable energy goal

Barack Obama’s comments as he took office for a second term as president are as prescient now as they were back then

Martin Gilbert: Rocky road ahead to sustainable energy goal
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Martin Gilbert is the co-founder of and former chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management and Abrdn

“The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult,” said Barack Obama in 2013. The former US President’s comment in his inauguration speech about the transition to renewables is as pertinent today as it was back then.

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