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The +1.5ºC World – IPCC Special Report 2018

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The context, apart from a rapidly warming planet, is that the meetings in December 2018 in Katowice in Poland aim to take the whats from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, and turn them into hows, specifically for financing – how much should more developed nations contribute vs developing nations?   “Limiting global warming to 1.5ºC would require rapid, … Read more

Climate Neutral Europe by 2050

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Congratulations to the EU Commission for publishing its updated 2050 roadmap! It is a “…strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy by 2050″ Energy Demand? Coming down from ~14,000TWh to roughly 10,000TWh. Energy demand coming down is a good thing but only if we also act to decarbonise the supply of … Read more

Union of Concerned Scientists & California in 2045

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The Union of Concerned Scientists recently published their Annual Report 2018

“CALIFORNIA – The Golden State committed to generate all of its electricity from 100 percent carbon-free resources by 2045, and UCS and our allies made it possible. Beginning two years ago, we conducted sophisticated modelling to show that California could make the switch while also growing one of the world’s biggest economies, and our experts’ work proved critical in persuading the legislature that the state’s electricity grid could reliably run on clean energy.”

Above is the moment Governor Jerry Brown signed such an ambitious aim with UCS Director, Adrienne Alvord sharing the stage.

Congratulations to UCS USA and the great state of California for leading the way!

Over to Governor-elect, Gavin Newsom, to deliver on this consensus issue.