The Iranian Window of Opportunity

An essay by Amory Lovins arguing that investing in energy efficiency and renewables in Iran could strengthen its economy and security while displacing its nuclear power program and preventing a regional nuclear arms race.

• Encouraging Iran to utilize its resources for energy efficiency and renewables could improve the country's economy, security, global integration, political evolution, and international standing.
• Utilizing the 10–15+ year period of restrictions on nuclear activities to expand modern energy technologies could discredit Iran's failed nuclear power program, help disambiguate nuclear activities, and prevent a regional nuclear arms race, similar to the historical examples of Argentina and Brazil.
• This approach could modernize the interpretation of Article IV of the Non-Proliferation Treaty by meeting the need for secure and affordable energy for development through means other than exclusively peaceful nuclear energy.

APA

Lovins, A. (2015). The Iranian Window of Opportunity. RMI. https://rmi.org/resources/the-iranian-window-of-opportunity/

Chicago

Lovins, Amory. The Iranian Window of Opportunity. RMI, 2015. https://rmi.org/resources/the-iranian-window-of-opportunity/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lovins2015iranian, author = {Lovins, Amory}, title = {{The Iranian Window of Opportunity}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2015}, month = may, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/the-iranian-window-of-opportunity/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }