Sentences with phrase «global coal use peaking»

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Since China and the United States together constitute more than half of global coal production, a peak of coal use in these nations can be sufficient to ensure that the peak in coal use is now behind us.

Based on a unique model that links China's energy system and economy, the study finds that China's coal use, a major source of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, should peak some time around the year 2020, while the country's overall CO2 emissions would peak around 2030, or perhaps sooner.

Peaking oil and natural gas extraction is going to accelerate global warming when many desperate people use wood and coal for heating and cooking.

This year, for the first time, oil major BP forecast a peak in global coal use in the early 2030s.

For instance, global coal use would have to peak before 2020; power plants and factories would have to get a lot more efficient; things like nuclear power and renewables would have to expand at an even faster rate.