Sir David Attenborough, a naturalist and TV presenter, has indicated that he will back a new clean energy project aiming to make clean energy cheaper thanfossil fuels.

The project, which will go on for a decade, will look to develop clean energy.Sir Attenborough is aiming to convince nations to adopt the Global Apollo Programme (GAP) before the UN Climate Change Conference in December. The GAPprogramme is aimed at making renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels through public investment in research and development of about $15billion a year across the world.

Sir Attenborough has said that making clean energy cheaper than coal, gas or oil will be a significant step in stopping climate change. Sir Attenborough has signed letter urging nations to adopt the Global Apollo Programme along with 27 leading scientists, business executives, academics and politicians. Other signatories include Professor Brian Cox, former energy secretary Ed Davey and former FSA chairman Lord Turner. The signatories ae backing scientists, politicians and energy experts who are arguing for wider use of clean energy.

The letter said, “A sensible approach to tackling climate change will not only pay for itself but provide economic benefits to the nations of the world.” They said that co-ordinated research and development plan will allow governments to save costs in the future and reduce bills for the customers.

Sir David said: “Now some of the finest minds must again unite in the face of an even bigger challenge. We need an international programme to discover breakthrough clean technologies.Most of the great advances of the last 100 years have come from publicly-funded research: computers, satellites, the internet, smartphones.All the electricity we now require is available from limitless sources like wind and solar. The sun delivers 5,000 times more energy to the earth’s surface than humanity needs. But renewable energy is intermittent. The sun doesn’t always shine. The wind sometimes drops.”