Sentences with word «decarbonise»

Acknowledge the fact that to decarbonise electricity by up to 100 per cent by 2050, is crucial if temperature rises are to be kept below 2 degrees Celsius.

The challenge of decarbonising heat is amplified by the lack of clear technological solutions.

New bioenergy roadmap guide released jointly by IEA and FAO Bioenergy can play a key role in decarbonising energy systems by responding to the needs of a wide range of demand profiles in the electricity 30 January 2017

It needs to undertake the fastest transformation, and must be fully decarbonised by 2050.

The CCC identifies three main options for decarbonising heat supplies.

It is also only fair to note the green proposals put forward by both Labour and the Lib Dems are considerably more ambitious, even if the polls suggest the limit of ambition for their manifestos is to shift the Overton Window a few more inches towards a fully decarbonised economy.

A report on decarbonising heat from the UK Association for the Conservation of Energy says government «must bite the bullet» by setting mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for all buildings, at the point of sale.

New Zealand needs to establish a carbon budgeting process to set long term plans for decarbonising the economy and building resilience to shocks.

The scale of future electricity needs and the challenge of decarbonising power supply help to explain why global investment in electricity overtook that of oil and gas for the first time in 2016 and why electricity security is moving firmly up the policy agenda.

The INDCs present climate policies, programmes and actions across many sectors, such as decarbonising energy supply, and mainly through massive shifts to renewable energy, energy efficiency improvements, improved land management, urban planning and transport.

Costa Rica's new president has announced a plan to ban fossil fuels and become the first fully decarbonised country in the world.

Unless the rest of the world joins in, the UK decarbonising isn't going to change much.

Other countries like China, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are slowly expanding their district heating networks, as well as switching to renewable heat options to help decarbonise heat supply.

In the latter scenario, in which the power sector is almost completely decarbonised by 2040, more rapid electrification of end - uses and / or any limitations on onshore deployment — for example, due to public opposition to wind farms or new hydropower projects — would open up further upside for offshore developments.

These are primarily energy efficiency, a largely decarbonised electricity sector, a shift away from fossil fuels and substantial growth in crop yields.

While decarbonising electricity is still a central challenge for much of the world, the Nordic case offers insight into how a clean electricity system can facilitate decarbonisation of other sectors.

The «softly, softly» tax rate neither satisfies pro-business sentiments opposed to any tax, nor lives up to the the tax's very purpose of decarbonising Singapore's industries.

The EU's efforts to decarbonise heavy industry are being undermined by ETS benchmarking rules that systematically block cleaner industrial alternatives from getting a foothold, according to environmental campaigner group Sandbag.

But it's not enough to achieve our international commitments to tackle climate change - we haven't made anything like the same progress on decarbonising buildings and transport.

The legacy of opposition mistakes and coalition compromises is that Britain is trying to decarbonise too fast and green taxes are consequently too high.

A former adviser to David Cameron has said none of Britain's leading politicians seem able to push through the changes in society needed to «radically decarbonise» the economy.

HEIL was set up jointly by Rio Tinto and BP in 2007 to develop decarbonised projects around the world, with a focus on hydrogen - fuelled power generation, using fossil fuels and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to produce new large - scale supplies of clean electricity.

The Liberal Democrat MP also said the decreasing cost of renewable energy meant decarbonising need not be overly expensive.

The only likely exception to the rule against biofuels in transportation is the urgent need to decarbonise air transport, where low - carbon alternatives to liquid hydrocarbon fuels remain a distant prospect.

It said G20 members «must all urgently decarbonise their economies» to meet a U.N. goal to limit average temperature rises to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels to limit heat waves, floods and rising seas.

But New York has already improved on Copenhagen by persuading countries to do their climate homework, and in inviting big investors, who duly pledged to decarbonise $ 100 billion of investments.

The association says thermal energy storage could deliver energy network flexibility options including demand response, energy storage and smart operation of systems, but concedes that the central role it could play, not least of all in helping the EU deliver its «Clean Energy for All Europeans» plans to decarbonise Europe at the lowest possible cost, has yet to be recognised.

Decarbonising Poland's power sector will be a particularly significant challenge requiring huge investments.

13 April: The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has agreed on an initial strategy to decarbonise international shipping and reduce emissions from ships by at least 50 % by 2050.

IEA welcomes Italy's plan to revisit energy strategy and further decarbonise economy The IEA praised Italy's comprehensive long - term energy strategy and efforts to comply with 2020 goals on renewable energy, climate change and energy efficiency 16 December 2016

Cities are in the frontline for cutting carbon emissions, new IEA report finds Energy Technology Perspectives 2016 shows that decarbonising urban buildings and transport is key to attain Paris climate goals, but slow progress will test governments» commitment 1 June 2016

As a result, UK heat must be virtually decarbonised by 2050.

A spokesman for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) told Professional Engineering that the government is examining how the «hydrogen economy» can expand from the chemical sector to decarbonise other sectors.

Next in the hierarchy of importance come measures to substantially decarbonise power generation.

«This is a global emergency, which requires us to decarbonise within the next 20 years, or face temperatures that will eliminate ecosystems like coral reefs, and indeed many systems that humans depend on.»

And there are even greater efficiencies and improvements that can be made in our production of energy - that is if India decarbonised it's development.

For a more detailed analysis of how Indian power generation could be decarbonised download the study «Energy [R] evolution, a Sustainable India Energy Outlook»

If you look back over the past 45 years, we have managed to decarbonise gross domestic product (GDP) by, on average, 1 % per annum.

Other technologies across decarbonising energy supply and waste management will also be featured at the leading business summit during COP22, with perspectives from global Climate and Environment Ministers a well as ACWA Power, Vattenfall, Siemens, Coca Cola and others.

Finally, what regulations are needed to extend the life of ageing low - carbon capacity, achieve climate change objectives and transition to a secure decarbonised electricity system?

No large economy has ever decarbonised at the rate that the UK is planning, so whether or not the targets are «doable» is simply a proposition at this point.»