Renewable energy could meet 77% of global supply

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows solar power generation panels installed on the roofs of houses in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. A U.N. panel on climate change said in a report on May 9, 2011, that 77 percent of the world's energy supply could be met by renewable energy by 2050 if backed by the right public policies.

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