New Statesman:
The record-breaking solar plane is grounded ? is there still hope for clean energy?
3 August 2015
This autumn sees the launch of the Global Apollo Programme: a green research initiative that wants governments to match, in today's money, the sums spent putting men on the moon. At a time of increasing austerity, requests to increase green spending are unlikely to go down smoothly. ''Dream on'' might be the response of some, but in Solar Impulse there's a reminder that we can re-fashion the Apollo spirit - and its corporate support - for a more connected, caring age. Flying by Yeats's Cloths of Heaven, it reminds us to: ''Tread softly because you tread on my dreams''.
This article was published by The New Statesman on August 3, 2015
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Related publications
In brief... A Global Apollo Programme to tackle climate change, Richard Layard, Article in CentrePiece Volume 20, Issue 1, Summer Issue
A Global Apollo Programme to Combat Climate Change, Report by David King, John Browne, Richard Layard, Gus O'Donnell, Martin Rees, Nicholas Stern and Adair Turner, June 2, 2015.
Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage