Rethinking emissions reduction
Rethinking emissions reduction / David Hone, Chief Climate Change Adviser at Royal Dutch Shell, Project syndicate, 6/03/2014
Whether at United Nations climate-change summits or one of the many “green growth” forums, renewables and energy efficiency are consistently regarded as the solution to global warming. Even the coal industry adopted the efficiency line in its Warsaw Communiqué, released ahead of the UN’s COP19 summit last November. But a closer look at the global energy system, together with a more refined understanding of the emissions challenge, reveals that fossil fuels will likely remain dominant throughout this century – meaning that carbon capture and storage (CCS) may well be the critical technology for mitigating climate change…
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Danièle Revel (7 mars 2014). Rethinking emissions reduction. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 11 septembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/oawm
