The phrase
"decarbonization efforts" refers to the actions taken to reduce or eliminate the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the environment. It involves finding ways to use cleaner energy sources, reducing emissions, and promoting sustainable practices to combat climate change.
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Thus, any economically
inefficient decarbonization effort in the developing world will result in a broad range of costs totaling far more than the $ 750 / ton CO2 estimate given above.
Many of the measures required to reduce emissions of short - lived climate pollutants contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals while
complementing decarbonization efforts required to reduce long - term climate change.
Those who accept the science while defending current economic practises should probably be the strongest supporters of early and
sweeping decarbonization efforts.
Granted, there has been some progress in the
global decarbonization effort, but to date this has occurred on the fringes and in the absence of any enforceable targets to limit the total amount of atmospheric CO2.
If oil prices were to remain low for decades, the analysis shows that energy efficiency and
decarbonization efforts could be considerably hampered.
I think global civilization will take this new data in, and it will increase the urgency of
the decarbonization efforts.
«Retirement of the plant will make a mockery of California's
decarbonization efforts,» say the letter writers.