Sentences with phrase «new fossil fuel infrastructure if»
Research has shown that we can not build new fossil fuel infrastructure if we are to meet the commitments made in Paris *.
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If we know we need to set out on a path towards fossil fuel wind - down, then now is not the time to be investing in new infrastructure that aims towards ramp - up.
And if that's the case it makes little economic or ecological sense to spend billions of dollars building new fossil fuel infrastructure and increasing capacity, particularly when that infrastructure has a working life span and expected financial return that well exceeds thirty years.
The World Energy Outlook 2016, released last week, is just one among an increasing line of studies showing how nations need to slow and, ultimately, phase out investment in new fossil fuel supply infrastructure — from oil fields and pipelines to coal mines — if they are serious about keeping warming to 2C or less.
We're looking to build on this victory, and show that if it's wrong to build Keystone XL because of its impact on our climate, it's wrong to build any new fossil fuel infrastructure, period.
If the US builds new fossil fuel infrastructure, it may be harder for it to persuade other countries to decarbonise their energy systems.