Sentences with phrase «decarbonizing global»

His belief is now what it was then — that if skeptics can not now disprove CAGW, then governments should begin decarbonizing the global economy.

According to Jesse Ausubel at Rockefeller University, we're ALREADY decarbonizing the global energy system at a rate that will essentially * eliminate * carbon dioxide emissions by the end of this century:

I wrote, «According to Jesse Ausubel at Rockefeller University, we're ALREADY decarbonizing the global energy system at a rate that will essentially * eliminate * carbon dioxide emissions by the end of this century:...»

I now vote for decarbonizing the global energy economy.

We agree: the enormous and difficult project of decarbonizing the global energy system during this century is necessitated by the prospect of unchecked global climate disruption and its potentially disastrous consequences.

This would be a much more convincing argument if it weren't for the fact that the «consensus» is claiming they are certain enough to justify decarbonizing the global energy economy.

The real technological obstacles to decarbonizing the global economy today represent an insurmountable obstacle to political efforts to limit carbon emissions.

It makes this all seem a lot harder — the challenge of decarbonizing a global energy economy as we head toward 9 billion people seeking better lives — but I think it's doable.

As global leaders gather in Paris seeking a much - anticipated agreement to keep global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, nations face increasing pressure to reduce emissions and contribute to decarbonizing the global economy.

Decarbonizing global tourism represents a long - term investment, but given its tremendous growth, the relative cost is less than 0.1 per cent of the estimated global tourism economy in 2020 and increases to 3.6 per cent in 2050.

That would commit countries «to completely decarbonize the global electric sector by 2050,» the agreement says.

«Our analysis shows that the tourism sector can be compatible with a decarbonized global economy, if governments and business leaders show collective leadership to make it happen.»

The models are used to try to convince policy makers to decarbonize the global economy.

The call to decarbonize the global economy by 80 % by 2050 can now only be described as glib in my opinion, as the underlying analysis shows it is only possible if we wish to see large parts of the population die from starvation, destitution or violence in the absence of enough low - carbon energy to sustain society.

The growing call to decarbonize the global economy by 80 % by 2050 could only foreseeably happen alongside large parts of the population plunging into poverty, destitution or starvation, as low - carbon energy sources do not produce enough energy to sustain society.

The 20 - year effort by environmentalists to establish climate science as the primary basis for far - reaching action to decarbonize the global energy economy today lies in ruins.

But I think the issue the paper intends to address is more that clouds can not be blamed for any of the recent warming, and therefore we must still decarbonize the global economy.

But even if we do manage to rapidly decarbonize the global economy, some impacts of climate change are probably still unavoidable, according to HELIX project leader and University of Exeter professor Richard Betts.

For starters, she said, tell us how your company would transition over the next 80 years to successfully operate in a decarbonized global economy, which is a long - term goal the G7 leaders — including, to the surprise of many, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper — agreed to in June.

And don't forget «Global warming is going to have catastrophic consequences, so we need to decarbonize the global energy economy» — The big lie of certainty regarding cause, effect, impacts and cost that is repeated by default conservatives everywhere, especially here.

Roger Pielke Jr. writes, «Don't get me wrong, we should be taking more effective actions to decarbonize the global energy system.»

My question for Dr. Pielke (and you, and anyone else) remains... if y ’ all accept Dr. Ausubel's and my projections, why is it that, ``... we should be taking more effective actions to decarbonize the global energy system.»

Don't get me wrong, we should be taking more effective actions to decarbonize the global energy system.

Not exact matches

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A federal report released in November 2016 laid out a strategy for the United States to «deeply decarbonize» its economy by 2050, and said that developing carbon dioxide removal techniques «may be necessary in the long run to constrain global average temperature increases to well below 2 °C.»

reported in the journal «Science», scientists led by Dr. Felix Creutzig from the Mercator Research Institute of Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, and Dr. Patrick Jochem, KIT, point out that the transportation sector may be easier to decarbonize than previously assumed in global emission scenGlobal Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, and Dr. Patrick Jochem, KIT, point out that the transportation sector may be easier to decarbonize than previously assumed in global emission scenglobal emission scenarios.

Finally, on the policy side, if there's evidence that existing technology is inadequate to affordably decarbonize a growing global energy system on a scale that would matter to the climate, and it's clear that we've utterly disinvested in energy research for decades, it's my job to write that, as I did in 2006, and repeat it on the blog as much as necessary.

There's more here on the full scope of decarbonizing a growing global energy menu from Bryan Walsh at Time Magazine and Martin Hoffert of New York University.

To mitigate the worst effects of climate change we are required to decarbonize our economies while meeting the demands of global development.

In the time I have left, I'd be happily amazed to see the global economy decarbonized.

Decarbonizing the world's electricity supply,... would deliver a little less than half the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions necessary by 2035 to limit the eventual increase in global temperatures to two degrees Celsius,... The carbon intensity of electricity has increased by 6 % since 1990, largely due to growing use of coal for power generation in emerging economies, it said.

In any case, even in a realistic best case scenario, we're not doing enough to decarbonize the economy if we want to avoid dangerous and potentially catastrophic global warming.

Perhaps most troublingly of all, the study found that global demand for vacations is outstripping the industry's efforts to decarbonize.

In a November report, The Global CCS Institute said carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only technology able to decarbonize the industrial sector.

CO2 emissions growth surges as global energy efficiency falls CO2 emissions growth surges as global energy efficiency falls No region decarbonizes its energy supply mongabay.com May 20, 2007 Worldwide growth...

There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to «decarbonize» the world's economy By 16 concerned scientists (see end of article) A candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about «global warming.»

Finally, we will offer recommendations on how to reduce potent, non-CO2 influences on global warming, which can be reduced in the near - term with substantial benefits, while buying us time to decarbonize the energy system and build climate resilience.

The study found that five nations decarbonized their economies at rates double the global historic average.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us that if we decarbonize the economy by 2050, we have a good chance of limiting global warming to 2C, or even 1.5 C.

Ekwurzel marked up a six - foot - tall version of the January 27, 2012, article — «No Need to Panic About Global Warming — There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to «decarbonize» the world's economy.»

In a soon - to - be-published research paper, now in peer review, Jenkins and a group of MIT engineers have modeled and priced «deeply decarbonized» electric systems that would make the global CO2 reductions both technically and economically viable.

The global economy has been decarbonizing «naturally» via economic growth (more efficient use of energy can be an advantage over your competitors).

Surprisingly enough, both Denmark and Germany did not decarbonize much faster than the global average, despite massive subsidies for solar and wind.

In terms of analyzing data, if I recall correctly, Roger Pielke jr once discussed what countries had been able to decarbonize their economies faster than the global average over the last 35 years or so.

He mentioned that only the UK, Ireland, France, Sweden and Belgium had been able to decarbonize their economies faster than the global average since the 1970s or so.

In order to meet those targets, the global economy will have to be swiftly decarbonized and the use of fossil fuels sharply curtailed, while the use of clean, renewable energy will need to be scaled up just as rapidly.