Pacific people pay exorbitant prices for energy. Rich countries should back their renewable transition

By Charles T. Hunt, Professor in Global Security, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
Julie Boulton, Research Fellow, College of Design and Social Context, RMIT University
Pia Treichel, Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, RMIT’s Pacific Initiative in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Tim Flannery, Honorary Fellow, Australian Museum

Electricity in the Pacific is currently among the least reliable and most expensive in the world. Switching to renewables offers huge benefits.

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