Sentences with phrase «decarbonized world»

A mix of options to lower the energy per unit of GDP and carbon intensity of energy systems (as well as lowering the energy intensity of end uses) will be needed to achieve a truly sustainable energy future in a decarbonized world.

Not only can these regions contribute to a decarbonized world, but implementing mitigation measures can carry significant and much - needed health and socioeconomic benefits to local populations.

«We can't do without nuclear power in a fully decarbonized world.

And then the skeptics» simple conclusion goes unchallenged: that it is not worth spending trillions of dollars to decarbonize the world economy.

But Dr. Chu has said that the heavy lifting — essentially decarbonizing a world heading toward 9 billion people seeking a decent life — will mainly come through scientific and technological breakthroughs.

Still, the technology used in current - generation CCS projects to capture CO2, amine absorption, is inadequate for a widely deployable solution to decarbonizing the world's fossil - fueled power plants.

• First, decarbonize the world economy: we must achieve dramatic reductions in carbon use by increased technical efficiency, and by delinking energy generation from carbon production, and energy use from economic growth.

An op - ed article signed by 16 scientists rejecting the need for «drastic action to decarbonize the world's economy,» published Friday by the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, has been widely and thoroughly fact - checked and challenged elsewhere.

As Vatican adviser and Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs argues, it's also important to stay focused on the major technical hurdles to decarbonizing the world economy.

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.

As we decarbonize the world, we must improve the lot of humanity, not degrade it, and we must go with the flow of human progress not across or against it.

Over the last couple of weeks, I've seen four major reports (details over the fold) from very different sources, all making the same point: decarbonizing the world economy will involve economic costs that are (a) small; and (b) far outweighed by the benefits And, the empirical evidence so far is strong.

Then they came for the tree bark proxies that infected paleo - climate reconstructions throughout the church of CAGW, and the CAGW acolytes replied... paleo - climate is not necessary to justify decarbonizing the world.

and the CAGWers replied... the overt politicization of the IPCC and the «climate consensus» is irrelevant to the need to decarbonize the world.

A quick and just edit to this would be: «We must decarbonize our world.

Yet, much more prescient is an unmistakable assertiveness to decarbonize the world energy system.

This is an important question, since as we think about the options for decarbonizing the world's energy system, we need to know what different technologies can do.

If you want to decarbonize the world and wonder how much it costs, there's an App for that!

Skeptics are not the ones claiming we have to decarbonize the world's economy to save the planet.

Not exact matches

Global warming is affecting oceans, food and water supply, coastal areas and biodiversity, and creating what Gore calls «the largest business opportunity in world history, as the global economy decarbonizes and becomes hyper - efficient.»

[W] hile the world is huddled in Paris to map out the treacherous route to decarbonization, one major industrial country has already largely decarbonized that most central of emissions sectors, [electrical] energy — namely, the host of those other 200 countries, France.

But is silent in the event that we decarbonize now at some massive (even fatal to the world's poorest) cost, and it turns out AGW is much less than catastrophic.

«This is going to be a long march to transition the entire modern world to a decarbonized future,» he said.

This shows that the world economy is beginning to decarbonize.

And if world leaders had heeded scientific warnings 30 years ago, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, or even as recently as the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009 — it's possible we would be well on our way to securing the decarbonized future that the world desperately needs.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world — especially China, India, and the European Union — are moving rapidly toward decarbonizing their economies with 21st - century technologies.

Willard obviously doesn't get that the US decarbonized its economy faster than Europe... without being in Kyoto, and without a national renewable mandate, and without cap and trade, and without a carbon tax... by the way, the US also decarbonized faster than Germany, and the world as a whole decarbonized faster before Kyoto was signed than after.

They will get cleaner yet as more renewable energy comes online and the world's electric grids slowly decarbonize.

«This is going to be a long march to transition the entire modern world to a decarbonized future,» Brown said.

Since Paris, a growing number of major companies around the world have been showing a real commitment to playing their part in decarbonizing the economy.

This 97 percent number is recited and embellished by politicians and environmental activist organizations pushing to decarbonize America and the world's energy sector.

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.»

Reinforcing the - universe - revolves - around - America stereotype, Chait further imagines that the entire «world is racing to decarbonize before the Republican Party... can regain power over the U.S.».

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.»

Incredibly, they say the world will need to decarbonize by 6.2 percent every year until the end of the century just to limit warming to 3.6 degrees.

«We understand that the world is changing and we are making bold moves to meet customer needs, conserve the resources our business relies on, and decarbonize the automotive industry.

To meet the world's growing demand for energy, the most influential companies are finding innovative ways to decarbonize their power use.

And what this all means in a world where we should all be decarbonizing like mad is another story altogether.

Yes, in an ideal world we'd see utilities decarbonize long before 2050, but that may well happen — and a commitment from the likes of AGL makes it more likely that it will.

And speaking of handwaving, I'm looking forward to your proof that decarbonizing the economy can not be done without bankrupting the world.

Any long - term solution will require «decarbonizing» the world energy economy — that is, shifting to power sources that use little or no fossil fuel.