Sentences with phrase «in decarbonizing»

Britain has already made great progress in decarbonizing the grid.

As such, Russell noted, it could be said that nuclear was «faster» in decarbonizing than solar or wind.

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.

His brash style may not be to everyone's taste; some of his goals (hyperloops, Mars missions and the like) might prove overly ambitious; the whole endeavor could yet falter, but the sweeping vision contained in Tesla's master plan has to be the benchmark for any and all businesses seeking to prosper in a decarbonizing economy.

The UK has made incredible progress in decarbonizing electricity production, but a huge number of UK households still use natural gas for heating and cooking.

Disclosing the Facts: Transparency and Risk in Methane Emissions focuses on the critical risk of methane emissions and how companies are managing methane reduction, reflecting rising investor concern that excessive methane emissions from oil and gas operations will undercut the potential net climate benefit of substituting natural gas for coal, especially in decarbonizing energy markets.

For the sake of discussion, I am happy to accept that 0.5 could be the ratio of emissions from a natural gas plant relative to those from a coal plant, and that something close to infinity could be the ratio of emissions from a natural gas plant relative to those from an intrinsically carbon - emission free technology (wind, solar, nuclear) constructed in a decarbonized economy of the future.

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.

For starters, she said, tell us how your company would transition over the next 80 years to successfully operate in a decarbonized global economy, which is a long - term goal the G7 leaders — including, to the surprise of many, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper — agreed to in June.

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.»

At 2 p.m., Cuomo's office and Columbia University co-host the Clean Energy and Investment Conference to discuss how to decarbonize institutional funds and invest in clean energy, Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, 435 W. 116th St., Room 106, Manhattan.

A federal report released in November 2016 laid out a strategy for the United States to «deeply decarbonize» its economy by 2050, and said that developing carbon dioxide removal techniques «may be necessary in the long run to constrain global average temperature increases to well below 2 °C.»

reported in the journal «Science», scientists led by Dr. Felix Creutzig from the Mercator Research Institute of Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, and Dr. Patrick Jochem, KIT, point out that the transportation sector may be easier to decarbonize than previously assumed in global emission scenarios.

The Electric Power Research Institute's report on decarbonizing electricity generation said an «aggressive» push on new technologies could lower 2005 - level carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 41 percent in 2030.

Yet the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris says that without CCS it could cost 40 % more to decarbonize electricity enough to meet international climate targets by 2050.

Decarbonizing global tourism represents a long - term investment, but given its tremendous growth, the relative cost is less than 0.1 per cent of the estimated global tourism economy in 2020 and increases to 3.6 per cent in 2050.

As global leaders gather in Paris seeking a much - anticipated agreement to keep global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, nations face increasing pressure to reduce emissions and contribute to decarbonizing the global economy.

Yet some critics have declared that the so - called 2 ° C target is impossible, saying we can not deploy the technologies needed to decarbonize the economy in time.

Olkiluoto 3, Finland's third nuclear power plant, expected to enter operation in 2016 In a review of Finnish energy policies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights some of the country's efforts to decarbonizin 2016 In a review of Finnish energy policies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights some of the country's efforts to decarbonizIn a review of Finnish energy policies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights some of the country's efforts to decarbonize.

In terms of climate change, we have to decarbonize our energy infrastructure,» he added.

«It is a bit ironic the one advanced economy that has decarbonized its power grid would choose to put that in reverse,» said Armond Cohen, executive director of the Clean Air Task Force.

Given the continuous commitment of most countries to reduce emissions, and the firm leadership of Europe, China and Russia in shaping the transformation towards a decarbonized economy, the United States runs the risk of being left behind and missing one of the greatest economic opportunities of our time.

Speaking yesterday at the Nuclear Energy Institute's annual conference in Washington, D.C., Cohen observed that France decarbonized its power grid by 75 percent using nuclear power, but the transition spanned two decades, a time frame that is too long to address a rapidly encroaching problem like climate change.

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

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The opportunity to decarbonize was derailed by the antinukes who made sure the best tool we had, before renewables were any possibility, which could have been used to replace almost all fossil fuel usage in the 60s 70s and 80s when the Keeling curve was still in the low 300s, was kept from being used.

Generally I avoid large - scale policy discussions, but this letter in Nature talks frankly about ways politics can interfere with the need to decarbonize.

They are milestones in a process by which countries decarbonize their economies in ways that align with national interests.

Finally, on the policy side, if there's evidence that existing technology is inadequate to affordably decarbonize a growing global energy system on a scale that would matter to the climate, and it's clear that we've utterly disinvested in energy research for decades, it's my job to write that, as I did in 2006, and repeat it on the blog as much as necessary.

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.

We have to decarbonize, not just because of carbon dioxide and climate change in the longer term, but because it is killing us directly right now.

• 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.

[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.

Can the human species be sophisticated (mature) enough to keep in mind a looming challenge (decarbonizing the energy system, which will happen eventually anyway) even as it deals with a real - time problem (avoiding energy - related economic turmoil)?

In the time I have left, I'd be happily amazed to see the global economy decarbonized.

The environmental disaster unfolding before our eyes (close on the heels of coal mining disasters) has important long - term impacts in negative and positive ways on energy security, decarbonizing our energy systems, producing sufficiently abundant energy sources, maintaining economically robust energy prices, and protecting the environment.

Such co-production systems, when considered as power generators, can provide decarbonized electricity at lower costs than is feasible with new stand - alone fossil fuel power plants under a wide range of conditions, according to the study by Liu et al. published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

In fact, the NAS report highlights that it is very important to invest in developing CDR systems in addition to rapidly scaling up climate mitigation and adaptation solutions (given the importance of viable, sustainable, CDR options in the event we do not decarbonize as quickly as necessary to prevent climate changeIn fact, the NAS report highlights that it is very important to invest in developing CDR systems in addition to rapidly scaling up climate mitigation and adaptation solutions (given the importance of viable, sustainable, CDR options in the event we do not decarbonize as quickly as necessary to prevent climate changein developing CDR systems in addition to rapidly scaling up climate mitigation and adaptation solutions (given the importance of viable, sustainable, CDR options in the event we do not decarbonize as quickly as necessary to prevent climate changein addition to rapidly scaling up climate mitigation and adaptation solutions (given the importance of viable, sustainable, CDR options in the event we do not decarbonize as quickly as necessary to prevent climate changein the event we do not decarbonize as quickly as necessary to prevent climate change).

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 will enable power plants that can not otherwise decarbonize to explore options that allow them to stay in business.

But that still leaves room for doubt over whether the economy can be fully decarbonized in time to hold CO2 concentrations to 450 ppm or below.

In a combination of sarcasm and anger they pointed out that it was a great target but it meant decarbonizing our economy and our societies now, immediately.

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.

An important first step in the road to creating a decarbonized fleet is a clear political commitment to do so in an appropriate time frame, meaning absolute emission will have to drop to zero by 2050 at the latest.

Aviation, therefore, needs to immediately start to reduce its in - sector emissions, then rapidly reduce its emissions and fully decarbonize toward the second half of this century.

In any case, even in a realistic best case scenario, we're not doing enough to decarbonize the economy if we want to avoid dangerous and potentially catastrophic global warminIn any case, even in a realistic best case scenario, we're not doing enough to decarbonize the economy if we want to avoid dangerous and potentially catastrophic global warminin a realistic best case scenario, we're not doing enough to decarbonize the economy if we want to avoid dangerous and potentially catastrophic global warming.

The call to decarbonize the global economy by 80 % by 2050 can now only be described as glib in my opinion, as the underlying analysis shows it is only possible if we wish to see large parts of the population die from starvation, destitution or violence in the absence of enough low - carbon energy to sustain society.

To resolve this logjam, indirect methods of decarbonization — such as a portfolio of low - cost CDR solutions — could enable fossil companies both to meet steep emission reduction targets and provide low - cost fossil energy until direct decarbonization through renewable energy systems become more cost - competitive (especially in difficult to decarbonize areas such as long - haul trucking and aviation).

We learned Australia must set emissions caps that rapidly reduce toward zero to decarbonize the economy as fast as possible, enforced in a way that does not limit ambition.

There is evidence that the Midwest is steadily decarbonizing its electricity generation through a combination of new state - level policies (for example, energy efficiency and renewable energy standards) and will continue to do so in response to low natural gas prices, falling prices for renewable electricity (for example, wind and solar), greater market demand for lower - carbon energy from consumers, and new EPA regulations governing new power plants.