Sentences with phrase «age of fossil fuels»

THE Paris climate agreement, sealed last December, was a first in many respects: the first truly international climate change deal, with promises from both rich and poor nations to cut emissions; the first global signal that the age of fossil fuels must end; the first time world leaders said we should aim for less than 2 °C of warming.

There was much talk in Paris about how the deal would spur investment in clean technologies, with some claiming it sent a signal that the age of fossil fuels is over.

As we move toward all of these goals, and over time put the age of fossil fuels behind us, we must consider every alternative source of power, and that includes nuclear power.

And you probably know about «Liberated Carbon,» my very different musical take on the age of fossil fuels.

We haven't even left the age of fossil fuels and is already very painful with continued promise of even grimmer consequences.

He added: «I also think it is critical to make the argument that we'll be leaving the age of fossil fuels either intelligently by choice now or painfully by high prices and grim climate consequences in the coming decades.»

The agreement «sends a very powerful message to the business and investment community that the age of fossil fuels is ending,» explained the Union of Concerned Scientists» Alden Meyer.

«The age of fossil fuel entitlement is over, and unless we act urgently, humans and all life as we know it is on the precipice of extinction.»

Our population grew with this fire technology thus it got bigger until it became very noticeable with prehistoric forest burning in the age of fossil fuels.

In COP22 press conferences, panel discussions, and multiple interviews, delegates familiar with Trump's policy proposals stress that the age of fossil fuels — built on antiquated 19th - century energy technologies such as coal — is all but over.

The breathtaking pace of advances in wind, solar and battery technologies make it clear that the age of fossil fuels will end in this century.

Fossil Free is a global people - powered campaign to end the age of fossil fuels and accelerate a fair transition to 100 % renewable energy for all.

While pledges do not meet the 2C goal, they send a clear signal that «the age of fossil fuels is over», said Jamie Henn of campaign network 350.

City by city, town by town, we're ending the age of fossil fuels and building a world of community - led renewable energy.

This has to stop: city by city, town by town, we need to end the age of fossil fuels and establish fossil - free communities.