Excerpt from ClimaTalk:
As the climate crisis begins to take a more important position amidst international politics, the need for strong mitigation has been echoed by calls for a rapid transition towards a low-carbon future – but what exactly does that mean? Even prior to the first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report was published in 1989, scientists had been advocating for the inclusion of renewable energy.
The debate around carbon emissions, the damage they cause, their sources, and how best to transition away from them has dominated media conversations since the ratification of the Paris Agreement in 2015. Among the throng of information and political spin presented regarding the answers to the above, it is easy to find yourself lost as to what is actually being done to control global emissions. The short and easy of it is simple: we are well short of the emissions reduction targets set out at COP21.
There is no denying that policy – both domestic and international – is a slow difficult process, but the need for action is more pressing than ever. The tools capable of ensuring a low-carbon future are as diverse as the reasons that have held up their wide-spread implementation, but without delving into the politics, here are the options that we currently have before us.
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