If carbon dioxide emissions are to fall by 50% by 2030, i.e. to 20 Gt, then what might that look like? In just a decade …
Category: Renewables
Can renewable deployment be exponential?
In recent months we have all had to learn quickly about exponential rates of change as COVID-19 spread throughout the world, but as has been …
A Climate-Neutral EU by 2050
As the EU works to reset its emission reduction goals to align more closely with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement, a question arises …
In the shadow of Apollo
The recent 50th anniversary of the first moon landing brought with it many calls for an “Apollo Project” approach to address climate change. Such an …
Is Direct Air Capture the future?
Almost all scenario thinking that relates to the goal of net-zero emissions during the second half of this century has to consider the role of …
Getting to net-zero emissions in the UK
Last week the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in the UK released its much anticipated report which is recommending that the government revise its emissions goal to …
Powering remote activities
Over the past three weeks I have been on a voyage from Cape Horn to the Cape of Good Hope, specifically Ushuaia to Cape Town. …
The potential for rapid energy transition in North America
Over recent weeks and months there has been considerable discussion in the USA and Canada on clean energy transition pathways, carbon pricing and the Paris …
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A new pathway to Paris
A new book that outlines a pathway to meet the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement has been released for open access online , but is …
Testing the limits of transition
Over the past two years, on a timetable similar to that of the IPCC 1.5°C report, the Shell scenario team has been working towards the …
