Misconceptions about coal and petroleum-based energy as the cheapest in the market have remained the “most formidable” economic and psychological barrier blocking the accelerated development of renewable energy (RE), the Climate Change Commission (CCC) said.

In his speech during the 1st Ministerial Session of the 14th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, CCC Commissioner Heherson Alvarez said that policymakers, not only in the Philippines but also all over the world, have the facile notion that carbon energy systems are the easiest pathway toward energy growth and development.

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