Sentences with phrase «yet phase out fossil fuels»

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(10/05/2011) In 2009, G20 nations committed to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies over the medium term, yet are further away today than they were two years ago from keeping the pledge.

The three demands strengthen one another — after all, one way of achieving a 100 % renewable future is to phase out fossil fuels, yet that won't happen if our cities, universities, schools or places of worship keep funding the fossil fuel industry.

Yet as Hansen notes, if the world began to phase out of fossil fuel in 2005 the rate of reductions needed would only be 3.5 % while waiting until 2020 will require a 15 % reduction per year.

Specifically, they say that humanity «must begin now to move toward the era beyond fossil fuels», and «the most difficult task, phase - out over the next 20 - 25 years of coal use that does not capture CO2, is Herculean, yet feasible when compared with the efforts that went into World War II.