This report from the New Economics Foundation argues that a continuing reliance on fossil fuels will perpetuate poverty and could drive a huge 'reversal of human progress.' It stipulates that increased investment in renewable energy could save millions of lives and avert an impending crisis over global energy supplies, and that even a relatively small shift in investment in the energy sector in percentage terms could have hugely beneficial consequences for people's health and economic wellbeing. The report also argues against the current subsidies for coal, oil and gas, which it estimates amount to at least US$235 billion each year.