Links – Energy Resilience

For a sustainable energy transition.

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ENERGY

Decarbonisation:

Bauer et al (2017) Shared Socio-Economic Pathways of the Energy Sector – Quantifying the Narratives

Davis et al (2018) Net-zero emissions energy systems

Decarbonisation: 'mainstream' scenarios. Fossil-fueled development, high energy demand, heavy reliance on CCS and BECCS:

Shell’s Sky Scenario

Decarbonisation: a 'radical' scenario. Leave fossil-fuels in the ground, low energy demand, no CCS or BECCS:

Teske (Ed.) (2019) Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals – Global and Regional 100% Renewable Energy Scenarios with Non-energy GHG Pathways for +1.5°C and +2°C (open access book), One Earth Climate Model

World can limit global warming to 1.5C by ‘improving energy efficiency’, Daisy Dunne for CarbonBrief, 4 June 2018 [The linked article discusses a paywalled article: Grubler et al (2018) A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °C target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies]

Energy Policy:

IEA (2018) Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Australia 2018 Review (PDF)

Fossil fuels - Coal:

How Germany closed its coal industry without sacking a single miner, Nick O’Malley for SMH, 14 July 2019

Fossil fuels - Oil and Gas (competing perspectives):

Gas Vision 2050 – promoted by mainstream oil and gas players

More natural gas isn’t a “middle ground” — it’s a climate disaster, David Roberts in Vox, 30 May 2019

National Electricity Market (NEM) Australia:

NEM-Watch by Global-Roam. ‘Live’ Supply & Demand in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM)

OpenNEM – Energy, by Energy Transition Hub

OpenNEM – Facilities, by Energy Transition Hub

Wind, solar and storage prompt re-design of Australia’s energy market, Giles Parkinson for Renew Economy, 6 Sept. 2019

News and analysis - Clean energy:

David Roberts at Vox – energy and climate (US focus)

Greentech Media – clean energy news and analysis (US focus)

RenewEconomy – clean energy news and analysis (Australian focus)

Nuclear:

The 7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change, Mark Z. Jacobson for Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation

Podcasts - Clean energy:

Beyond Zero – Science and Solutions podcast, from Beyond Zero Emissions (Australian focus)

Energy Insiders – a RenewEconomy podcast (Australian focus)

Solar Insiders – a RenewEconomy podcast (Australian focus)

The Driven – a RenewEconomy podcast on electric vehicles (Australian focus)

The Energy Gang – a Greentech Media podcast (US focus)

The Interchange – a Greentech Media podcast on ‘global energy transition’ (US focus)

Resilience - Cybersecurity:

Sandworm – A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers (book, 2019) – Andy Greenberg

Why 5G requires new approaches to cybersecurity – Racing to protect the most important network of the 21st century , Tony Wheeler & David Simpson at Brookings, 3 Sept. 2019

Resilience:

What ‘Resilience’ Means in a Clean Energy Future. Mike O’Boyle for Greentech Media, 29 Nov. 2017

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change:

Anderson & Peters (2016) The trouble with negative emissions (PDF)

Hansen et al (2017) Young people’s burden: requirement of negative CO2 emissions

World can limit global warming to 1.5C ‘without BECCS’, Simon Evans for CarbonBrief, 13 April 2018 [the linked article discusses a paywalled article: van Vuuren et al (2018) Alternative pathways to the 1.5 °C target reduce the need for negative emission technologies]

Adaptation:

Adapt Now – A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience, report by The Global Commission on Adaptation, Sept. 2019

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS):

Timeline: How BECCS became climate change’s ‘saviour’ technology, Leo Hickman in CarbonBrief, 13 April 2016

Why BECCS might not produce ‘negative’ emissions after all, Anna Harper for CarbonBrief, 14 Aug. 2018

Climate change denial:

Centre for Studies of Climate Change Denialism (CEFORCED)

DeSmogBlog – fact-based information about global warming misinformation campaigns

Skeptical Science – popular climate change denial arguments debunked

Climate change news and analysis:

CarbonBrief

Decarbonising Australia:

Australian climate change policy to 2015: a chronology, Talberg, Hui, & Loynes

Beyond Zero Emissions – a climate change solutions think tank

ClimateWorks Australia

Superpower: Australia’s Low-Carbon Opportunity (book) – Prof. Ross Garnaut

Future scenarios:

Global emissions projections to 2030 and emissions gaps to Paris 2015 target, Climate Action Tracker

Global emissions projections to 2100 and the Paris 2015 target, Climate Action Tracker

IPCC (2018) Global Warming of 1.5°C – Special report

The high-emissions ‘RCP8.5’ global warming scenario, Zeke Hausfather for CarbonBrief, 21 Aug. 2019

The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond, Interactive by Carbon Brief

Natural climate solutions:

Griscom et al (2017) Natural climate solutions

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[These links cover a range of perspectives – they don’t necessarily represent my opinion. SF.]