Given the depth of
decarbonisation required for a low - carbon future and the central role that businesses will need to play, strengthening complementary measures that target business engagement can increase emissions mitigation.
Not exact matches
A «wholesale transformation of the energy system» is
required, the report says, and given the scale and complexity of the change a
decarbonisation target should be included in the energy bill to provide a policy commitment for the investors who will need to provide the capital for the development of new technologies.
Instead of a target, the energy bill includes a clause that would
require the government to make a decision on whether or not to set a
decarbonisation target in 2016 at the same time as binding emission targets are set for 2030 through the next carbon budget.
Decarbonisation of transport remains a major policy challenge, it says, while the next chapter in the rise of renewables will also
require more work on multiplying their applications in buildings and the industrial sector.
The
decarbonisation challenge will have significant consequences and will
require massive changes to our daily lives such as our transport options, food choices, consumption patterns and housing.
For example it will
require a total
decarbonisation of energy supply (100 % renewables, with supporting technologies and move from gas to electricity).
The BLUE Map scenario is very challenging for the transport sector and
requires significant
decarbonisation of transport, which is likely to be costly in a sector dominated by oil products and the internal combustion engine.
In order to keep within a «safe» temperature threshold, deep and rapid
decarbonisation is
required, and yet existing trends show that global emissions are still growing rapidly.
To respond to the climate crisis a rapid
decarbonisation of our economies across the world is
required.
If the sector were to adopt hydrogen or other synthetic fuels, it would need to rely heavily on the
decarbonisation of the energy input
required for fuel production to ensure it can deliver absolute reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
«Meeting the objective... will
require stronger
decarbonisation rates and accelerated penetration of renewables in all three sectors: power, transport and heat,» the report states.
Emissions scenarios compatible with 1.5 C could also
require very high maximum rates of
decarbonisation, comparable only with those seen for past emissions during short periods of recession or war.
What remains constant across all calculations, however, is that immediate and widespread
decarbonisation is
required to achieve this more ambitious target.