Sentences with phrase «emissions from fossil fuel reserves»

The argument for CCS is that if we can capture and sequester the emissions from these fossil fuel reserves, then we can tap them; we can deal with the climate crisis yet avoid these assets being stranded.

Not exact matches

There are sufficient fossil fuel resources to readily supply 1000 GtC, as fossil fuel emissions to date (370 GtC) are only a small fraction of potential emissions from known reserves and potentially recoverable resources (Fig. 2).

Even after decades of increasingly dire warnings, the US has still not passed comprehensive federal legislation to combat global warming; Canada has abandoned past pledges in order to exploit its emissions - heavy tar sands; China continues to depend on coal for its energy production; Indonesia's effort to stem widespread deforestation is facing stiff resistance from industry; Europe is mulling pulling back on its more ambitious cuts if other nations do not join it; northern nations are scrambling to exploit the melting Arctic for untapped oil and gas reserves; and fossil fuels continue to be subsidized worldwide to the tune of $ 400 billion.

GHG emissions from fossil fuel companies, particularly carbon dioxide emissions embedded in their reserve and resource base;

The vulnerability of an investment in fossil fuel reserves or hardware to competition from renewable energy and decarbonization doesn't just depend on the carbon intensity of the fuel type — its emissions per equivalent barrel or BTU — but also on its functions and unique attributes.

Although the burning of fossil fuels generates most of the potential emissions from most reserves, emissions from production and processing operations (known as «upstream emissions») can also be important, depending on the reserve type and technologies used.

Well, there is a lot of magical thinking built into the models, from unrealistic emission scenarios that disregard proven fossil fuel reserves, to made up sensitivity values from overestimated aerosol forcings and underestimated solar forcings, and made up feedbacks.

Not a single fossil fuel company in the world discloses potential emissions from their reserves of oil, gas and coal — and that is a big problem.