Energy Transition - The Mandatory Reality Check

NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

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As a matter of fact, world coal production is still experiencing a notable increase. This rise has nothing to do with current changes in the US administration policy. It is just a new trend.

As an example:

In 2024, Australia approved three coal mine expansions.
There are 25 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal government approval. This is more than during the last ten years and will simply represent massive additional CO₂emissions.

These pending projects exceed the total from any single year of the last decade. Energy transition appears fraught with challenges, complexities, and structural contradictions. As we grapple with the harsh truths of the present, two fundamental questions arise:

Will we be able to reach the 2050 net zero targets?
What needs to change to make it happen?

Clearly, the world will not be saved by:

Switching to an electric car.
Limiting your meat consumption.

In what we could name “sofa-ecology behavior,” we must refuse to shy away from inconvenient truths. Society should observe no taboos. We have no time for fear.

Samuel Morillon is an engineer with an MBA from INSEAD and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has twenty-five years’ experience in management in new technologies and energy all over the world. He currently works between Australia, Korea and Japan.

Samuel Morillon began his career in 1994 at the French Atomic Agency in the military applications department. In 1996, he started his energy expert journey with impactful projects in France, Germany, China, Thailand, Canada and the US. In 2016, just after the JCPOA nuclear agreement, he joined Iran for four years before moving to Australia in early 2023.

In 2022, he participated in the G20 in Indonesia, and in October 2023, he represented European industry leaders during the G7 summit in Osaka. Samuel Morillon is married with five children, two of whom still live with him. He is a CMAS 2-star certified scuba-diving instructor, a volunteer coastguard and passionate about endurance sports. He also spends time in schools to support young talent innovations.