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174 playsHow can we achieve deep decarbonization while satisfying the conditions for continued economic growth and development and growing prosperity? CO2 energy related… -
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95 playsIn this chapter, Emmanuel Guérin discusses the consequences of temperature increases that result from rising greenhouse gas emissions. Global warming of 4 degrees… -
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40 playsWhile to avoid the potential consequences of uncontrolled climate change requires profound transformations of the way we grow our economies, and in particular, a… -
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60 playsThis chapter takes a closer look at current energy trends, specifically the current dynamics of energy markets to see how we can decarbonize energy systems. In 2010,… -
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18 playsThis chapter looks at the shape of the emission reduction trajectory to determine how to reach net zero emissions by the second half of the century. In 2010, the global… -
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32 playsThis chapter discusses the objective of limiting the temperature increase to less than 2 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial level. The ultimate objective of… -
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12 playsThis chapter compares the global budget for CO2 energy emissions to stay within the 2 degree limit with the potential emissions embedded into the fossil fuel reserves… -
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24 playsThere are many challenges that come with managing a power system, especially one with intermittent renewable energies, or those that are intrinsically time variable in… -
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24 playsThe decarbonization of the transport sector is fundamental to achieve emissions reductions consistent with the 2 degree goal. It must start with the decarbonization of… -
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44 playsThis chapter discusses the new generation of nuclear power reactors. there are approximately 40 countries with nuclear energy as part of their power mix, with some… -
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14 playsThis chapter is about carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), or the capture of CO2 at large stationary points such as coal or gas fired power plants, oil refineries,… -
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32 playsThis chapter looks at some of the results of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP), discussing in detail the country-specific ways in which the transition to… -
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18 playsThe greenhouse gas concentration that is consistent with the 2 degree objective is between 430 and 480 part per million of CO2 equivalent. The global carbon budget will… -
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18 playsThe Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project is a collaborative effort to understand how countries can transition to a low-carbon economy by mid-century and how the world… -
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10 playsThis chapter discusses some of the key technological challenges that must be met to achieve deep decarbonization of the energy system. Many of these technologies already… -
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27 playsThis chapter discusses how much anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions we can still emit if we want to live within the 2-degree limit that we’ve set using the…