week: 8-14 December
• The Breakthrough Energy Coalition that Bill Gates announced on the first day of the COP 21 talks is promising.
• The Breakthrough Energy Coalition could become a good example of the rich taking responsibility and leadership commensurate with their greater wealth and technical capability.
• It commits billionaires from across the world to invest big money in clean-energy technology .
• The driving idea is that incremental improvements just aren’t enough given how many people are waiting to be unlocked from energy poverty .