There is a rapidly narrowing window of opportunity to enable climate resilient development Source: IPCC AR6 SYR SPM, Figure SPM.6 Adverse impacts from human-caused climate change will continue to intensify Source: IPCC (2023) AR6 SYR SPM, Figure SPM.1 Mitigation options Cost reductions and adoption in solar photovoltaic and wind energy […]
Decarbonisation
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Excess greenhouse gas emissions Atmospheric CO2 concentration Source: Clark et al (2016) Figure 2 Observed and projected global mean sea level change and its impacts, and time scales of coastal risk management Source: IPCC (2023) AR6 Synthesis Report Figure 3.4 Projected global mean sea level rise under different SSP scenarios […]
Historic anthropogenic CO2 emission and cumulative CO2 emissions (1850–2019) as well as remaining carbon budgets for limiting warming to 1.5°C (>67%) and 2°C (>67%) Source: IPCC (2022) AR6 WGIII TS, Figure TS.3 Estimates of historical carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and remaining carbon budgets. Source: IPCC (2021) AR6 WGI SPM, Table […]
Carbon dioxide removal Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is defined as “Anthropogenic activities removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and durably storing it in geological, terrestrial, or ocean reservoirs, or in products. It includes existing and potential anthropogenic enhancement of biological or geochemical CO2 sinks and direct air carbon dioxide […]
Decarbonisation Roles of CDR in global or national mitigation strategies Source: IPCC (2022) AR6 WGIII Annex III, Table 9 IMP characteristics: primary energy Source: IPCC (2022) AR6 WGIII Chapter 3, Figure 3.16b The residual fossil fuel and industry emissions, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) {LUC, DACCS, BECCS}, and non-CO2 emissions (using […]