Sentences with phrase «on decarbonizing»

Most political debates about decarbonizing our energy sector focus on decarbonizing our electricity system and electrifying transport,» said Hans Korteweg, managing director of COGEN.

This is the backdrop against which the North American Passive House Network is hosting their conference on decarbonizing the built environment.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

The UK's LowCVP has published twin reports which set out how the UK could meet its 2020 targets defined in the EU's Renewable Energy Directive, and proceed on a pathway to decarbonize road transport fuel in the... Read more →

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.

There's more here on the full scope of decarbonizing a growing global energy menu from Bryan Walsh at Time Magazine and Martin Hoffert of New York University.

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.

One also has to wonder whether the international treaties and organizations needed to agree on and execute a geoengineering scheme are significantly easier to realize than the agreements needed to decarbonize the energy future, which would offer safer and more durable climate protection.

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.

The key to decarbonizing our economy is to build a new energy system that does not rely on carbon - based fuels.

2) Low oil prices mean difficult - to - decarbonize sectors of the economy — like long - haul trucking and aviation — get even more difficult to decarbonize on a relative basis, increasing the demand for indirect GHG abatement options (such as CDR).

The agreement on shipping emissions today should make people question whether aviation's emissions should be allowed to grow with no concrete plan to decarbonize.»

Reacting to recent research finding that Americans were more likely to follow advice on cutting fossil fuel energy use from climate scientists who had also taken personal steps to decarbonize, Anthony Watts carried out what he described as an «ariel survey» of climate scientists» homes.

The topic of discussion was «Decarbonizing King Coal: Growing U.S. - China Clean Technology Cooperation», and my fellow panelists Ming Sun of Clean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy future.

Decarbonizing the country will require rationalizing its chaotic, inefficient energy sector, in which rampant unreliability leads people to use dirty diesel generators to keep the lights on.

As I've demonstrated in other posts here on Climate Etc., the President and the EPA Administrator have the legal power and authority required to largely decarbonize America's economy, if they are willing to apply existing environmental law and regulation to the full extent the Clean Air Act not only allows, but also demands.

Business leaders from diverse sectors will provide updates on their latest efforts to help decarbonize the U.S. economy.

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.

It is easy to see how within a few short years every listed company on the planet will face calls from shareholders to explain how they plan to adjust to a decarbonizing economy and escalating climate risks.

The think tank that I direct on behalf of UN Secretary - General Antonio Guterres, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, recently issued a detailed report on how to decarbonize the energy system of the U.S. Northeast, including, of course, New York City.

Regulation of carbon emissions from power plants will accelerate the shift from coal to gas and new fuel economy standards on heavy trucks will help further decarbonize the transportation fleet.

Biennial reports focus on what has been achieved; but planning for a decarbonized future is crucial and that is where these strategies come in.

Finally, we will offer recommendations on how to reduce potent, non-CO2 influences on global warming, which can be reduced in the near - term with substantial benefits, while buying us time to decarbonize the energy system and build climate resilience.

The International Energy Agency has noted that «the potential for natural gas to play a credible role in the transition to a decarbonized energy system fundamentally depends on minimizing methane emissions, particularly outside the U.S.»

Established in 2015, the Canadian Council on Renewable Electricity is a non-partisan organization that allows Canada's leading national renewable electricity industry associations to collaborate, educate and pursue common opportunities as a solutions provider to the critical challenge of decarbonizing the North American energy system while bolstering economic growth.

While all nations are called on to decarbonize their energy systems, the treaty allows developing nations additional leeway.

Key speakers, including executives from Rockwool, Siemens, Gensler, Philips Lighting, the U.S. Green Building Council, JPMorgan Chase and others, will debate how existing We Mean Business Coalition commitments on science - based targets, energy productivity and renewable energy can help drive towards the essential goal of decarbonizing the building sector.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us that if we decarbonize the economy by 2050, we have a good chance of limiting global warming to 2C, or even 1.5 C.

«Our goal is to decarbonize the grid, and we don't want to have to rely on gas.»

Grid electricity is the easiest part of the energy supply to decarbonize, so we should be using more electricity — for transport, heating and other purposes — not less; PG&E's generation should grow mightily to accommodate all the Tesla's and Volts Californian's could be driving on electricity from Diablo Canyon.

«Electricity is the lynchpin in our efforts to decarbonize the economy,» Jenkins said in his presentation at the Kleinman Center on February 1.

Based on what we know about climate change and the uncertainties and but most importantly our ability to decarbonize in a substantial way anytime soon, decarbonization is not going to happen quickly in the short term.

Unfortunately, «there is no clear vision, nor strategy on how to decarbonize on a large scale the heat demand in houses and businesses,» continued Korteweg.

«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.

Costa Rica's newly elected President Carlos Alvarado has announced a nationwide ban on fossil fuels, part of his ambitious plans to create a decarbonized society.

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I do nt see how the effects on these people will have any significant economic impact on rich European or Americans who contribute the most to AGW and who have the means to decarbonize their energy supplies.