Climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation consists of actions to limit global warming and its related effects. This involves reductions in human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) as well as activities that reduce their concentration in the atmosphere.[2] It is one of the ways to respond to climate change, along with adaptation.[3]
Fossil fuel combustion accounts for 89% of all carbon dioxide (CO
2) emissions and 68% of all GHG emissions.[4] The most important challenge is to eliminate the use of coal, oil, and gas and substitute them with clean energy sources. Due to massive price drops, wind power and solar photovoltaics (PV) are increasingly out-competing oil, gas and coal[5] though these require energy storage and improved electrical grids. Once that low-emission energy is deployed at large scale, transport and heating can shift to these mostly electric sources.[6]
Mitigation of climate change may also be achieved by changes in agriculture, reforestation and forest preservation and improved waste management.[7] Methane emissions, which have a high short-term impact, can be targeted by reductions in cattle and more generally by reducing meat consumption.
Political and economical responses include carbon pricing by carbon taxes or carbon emission trading, abolishing fossil fuel subsidies, simplified regulations for the integration of low-carbon energy and divestment from fossil fuel finance.
Almost all countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).[8] The ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of GHGs at a level that would prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.[9] In 2010, Parties to the UNFCCC agreed that future global warming should be limited to below 2 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.[10] With the Paris Agreement of 2015 this was confirmed.[11]
With the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, the International Panel on Climate Change has emphasized the benefits of keeping global warming below this level.[12] Emissions pathways with no or limited overshoot would require rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure including transport and buildings, and industrial systems.[13] Pathways that aim for limiting warming to 1.5 °C by 2100 after a temporary temperature overshoot rely on large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) measures, which are uncertain and entail clear risks.[14]
The current trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions does not appear to be consistent with limiting global warming to below 1.5 or 2 °C despite the limit being economically beneficial globally and to many top GHG emitters such as China and India.[15][16]
Greenhouse gas concentrations and stabilization[edit]
The UNFCCC aims to stabilize greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level where ecosystems can adapt naturally to climate change, food production is not threatened, and economic development can proceed in a sustainable fashion.[18] Currently human activities are adding CO2 to the atmosphere faster than natural processes can remove it.[17]
According to the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C limiting warming below or close to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) would require to decrease net CO2 emissions by around 45% by 2030 from the level of 2010 and reach net zero by 2050. For limiting global warming to below 2 °C (3.6 °F), CO2 emissions should decline by 25% by 2030 and by 100% by 2075. Non - CO2 emissions need to be strongly reduced at similar levels in both scenarios.[19]
A small group of scientists leaked some information on the results of Working Group III (Mitigation of Climate Change) from the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. As governments can change the summaries for policymakers (SPM) for IPCC reports, the scientists were afraid that politicians might dilute this information in the summary. According to the leaked information, humanity should cut GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 and completely by 2050 in order to limit warming to 1.5 °C.[20][21]
According to the emissions gap report of the United Nations Environment Programme for limiting warming to 1.5 °C GHG emissions should be cutted from the level of 2020 by 76% by the year 2030.[22]
The IPCC works with the concept of a fixed carbon emissions budget. If emissions remain on the current level of 42 GtCO
2, the carbon budget for 1.5 °C could be exhausted in 2028.[23]
The rise in temperature to that level would occur with some delay between 2030 and 2052.[24] Even if it was possible to achieve negative emissions in the future, 1.5 °C must not be exceeded at any time to avoid the loss of ecosystems.[25]
After leaving room for emissions for food production for 9 billion people and to keep the global temperature rise below 2 °C, emissions from energy production and transport will have to peak almost immediately in the developed world and decline at about 10% each year until zero emissions are reached around 2030.[26][27][28][29][needs update]
If emissions will be reduced to zero, the warming might stop in 10 to 20 years.[30] Potential feedback effects lead to a high degree of uncertainty in any projection. Climate change mitigation scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report cover a range from 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) of warming by the end of the 21st century if emissions immediately decline and go to net zero by 2050, or 4.8 °C (8.6 °F) if emissions continue upwards until they are triple current levels.
In 2018, human activities were estimated to have caused approximately 1.0 °C of global warming above pre-industrial levels, with a likely range of 0.8 °C to 1.2 °C.[31]
Drivers of global warming[edit]
GHG emissions 2019 by gas type
without land-use change
using 100 year GWP
Total: 51.8 GtCO
2e[32]
2 mostly by fossil fuel (72%)
2O nitrous oxide (6%)
Carbon dioxide (CO
2) is the dominant emitted greenhouse gas, while Methane (CH
4) emissions almost have the same short-term impact.[34] Nitrous oxide (N2O) and fluorinated gases (F-Gases) play a minor role. With the Kyoto Protocol, the reduction of almost all anthropogenic greenhouse gases has been addressed.[35]
GHG emissions are measured in CO
2 equivalents determined by their global warming potential (GWP), which depends on their lifetime in the atmosphere. Estimations largely depend on the ability of oceans and land sinks to absorb these gases.
Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) including methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), tropospheric ozone and black carbon persist in the atmosphere for a period ranging from days to 15 years as compared to carbon dioxide which can remain in the atmosphere for millennia.[36] Reducing SLCP emissions can cut the ongoing rate of global warming by almost half and reduce the projected Arctic warming by two-thirds.[37]
GHG emissions in 2019 were estimated at 57.4 GtCO
2e, while CO
2 emissions alone made up 42.5 Gt including land-use change (LUC).[38]
Carbon dioxide (CO
2)[edit]
- Fossil fuel: oil, gas and coal (89%) are the major driver of anthropogenic global warming with annual emissions of 35.6 GtCO
2 in 2019.[33][39] - Cement production (4%) is estimated at 1.42 GtCO
2[33] - Land-use change (LUC) is the imbalance of deforestation and reforestation. Estimations are very uncertain at 4.5 GtCO
2.[32] Wildfires alone cause annual emissions of about 7 GtCO
2[40][41] - Non-energy use of fuels, carbon losses in coke ovens, and flaring in crude oil production.[39]
Methane (CH4)[edit]
Methane has a high immediate impact with a 5-year global warming potential of up to 100.[34] Given this, the current 389 Mt of methane emissions[42] has about the same short-term global warming effect as CO
2 emissions, with a risk to trigger irreversible changes in climate and ecosystems. For methane, a reduction of about 30% below current emission levels would lead to a stabilization in its atmospheric concentration.[17]
- Fossil fuels (32%), again, account for most of the methane emissions including coal mining (12% of methane total), gas distribution and leakages (11%) as well as gas venting in oil production (9%).[42][4]
- Livestock (28%) with cattle (21%) as the dominant source, followed by buffalo (3%), sheep (2%), and goats (1.5%).[42][43]
- Human waste and wastewater (21%): When biomass waste in landfills and organic substances in domestic and industrial wastewater is decomposed by bacteria in anaerobic conditions, substantial amounts of methane are generated.[4]
- Rice cultivation (10%) on flooded rice fields is another agricultural source, where anaerobic decomposition of organic material produces methane.[4]
Nitrous oxide (N
2O)[edit]
N2O has a high GWP and significant Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP). It is estimated that the global warming potential of N2O over 100 years is 265 times greater than CO2.[44] For N2O, a reduction of more than 50% would be required for a stabilization.[17]
- Most emissions (56%) by agriculture, especially meat production: cattle (droppings on pasture), fertilizers, animal manure.[4]
- Combustion of fossil fuels (18%) and bio fuels.[45]
- Industrial production of adipic acid and nitric acid.
F-Gases[edit]
Fluorinated gases include hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). They are used by switchgear in the power sector, semi-conducture manufacture, aluminium production and a large unknown source of SF6.[46] Continued phase down of manufacture and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol will help reduce HFC emissions and concurrently improve the energy efficiency of appliances that use HFCs like air conditioners, freezers and other refrigeration devices.
Black carbon[edit]
Black carbon is formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass. It is not a greenhouse gas but a climate forcing agent. Black carbon can absorb sunlight and reduce albedo when deposited on snow and ice. Indirect heating can be caused by the interaction with clouds.[47] Black carbon stays in the atmosphere for only several days to weeks.[48] Emissions may be mitigated by upgrading coke ovens, installing particulate filters on diesel-based engines and minimizing open burning of biomass.
Fossil fuel substitution[edit]
As most greenhouse gas emissions are due to fossil fuels, rapidly phasing out oil, gas and coal is critical. In a system based on fossil fuels, demand is expected to double until 2050. Switching to renewable energy combined with the electrification of transport and heating can lower the primary energy demand significantly.[6] Currently, less than 20% of energy is used as electricity.[49]
A global transition to 100% renewable energy across all sectors is feasible well before 2050. With dropping prices for wind and solar energy as well as storage, the transition no longer depends on economic viability but is considered as a question of political will. For allowing for a 50 % probability of limiting global warming by 2050 to 1.5 °C large amounts, as preliminary estimated globally and per region, of fossil fuels would need to be secured from extraction.[50][51] The sustainable energy system is more efficient and cost effective than the existing system.[6] Operators investing into fossil fuels face a growing risk of stranded assets.[52]
Low-carbon energy sources[edit]
Wind and sun can be sources for large amounts of low-carbon energy at competitive production costs. But even in combination, generation of variable renewable energy fluctuates a lot. This can be tackled by extending grids over large areas with a sufficient capacity or by using energy storage. Load management of industrial energy consumption can help to balance the production of renewable energy production and its demand. Electricity production by biogas and hydro power can follow the energy demand. Both can be driven by variable energy prices.
The deployment of renewable energy would have to be accelerated six-fold though to stay under the 2 °C target.[53]
The global primary energy demand exceeded 161,000 TWh in 2018.[54] This refers to electricity, transport and heating including all losses. In transport and electricity production, fossil fuel usage has a low efficiency of less than 50%. Large amounts of heat in power plants and in motors of vehicles are wasted. The actual amount of energy consumed is significantly lower at 116,000 TWh.[49]
The competitiveness of renewable energy is a key to a rapid deployment. In 2020, onshore wind and solar photovoltaics were the cheapest source for new bulk electricity generation in many regions.[55] Storage requirements cause additional costs. A carbon price can increase the competitiveness of renewable energy.
| Installed[56] TWp |
Growth TW/yr[56] |
Production per installed capacity*[57] |
Energy TWh/yr*[57] |
Growth TWh/yr*[57] |
Levelized cost US¢/KWh[58] |
Av. auction prices US¢/KWh[59] |
Cost development 2010-2019[58] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar PV | 0.580 | 0.098 | 13% | 549 | 123 | 6.8 | 3.9 | -82% |
| Solar CSP | 0.006 | 0.0006 | 13% | 6.3 | 0.5 | 18.2 | 7.5 | -47% |
| Wind Offshore | 0.028 | 0.0045 | 33% | 68 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.2 | -30% |
| Wind Onshore | 0.594 | 0.05 | 25% | 1194 | 118 | 5.3 | 4.3 | -38% |
| Hydro | 1.310 | 0.013 | 38% | 4267 | 90 | 4.7 | +27% | |
| Bioenergy | 0.12 | 0.006 | 51% | 522 | 27 | 6.6 | -13% | |
| Geothermal | 0.014 | 0.00007 | 74% | 13.9 | 0.7 | 7.3 | +49% |
* = 2018. All other values for 2019.
Solar energy[edit]
- Solar photovoltaics (PV) has become the cheapest way to produce electric energy in many regions of the world, with production costs down to 0.015 US$/KWh in desert regions.[61] The growth of photovoltaics is exponential and has doubled every three years since the 1990s. In the summer, PV power generation follows the daily demand curve.[62]
- A different technology is concentrated solar power (CSP) using mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight onto a receiver. With CSP, the energy can be stored for a few hours, providing supply in the evening. This can outweigh the higher costs compared to PV.
- Solar water heating has doubled between 2010 and 2019. Total installed solar water heating systems provide a capacity of 501 GWth, with 67% of the global share in China.[63] Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collectors combine PV and solar heating.
Wind power[edit]
Regions in the higher northern and southern latitudes have the highest potential for wind power.[64] Installed capacity has reached 650 GW in 2019. Offshore wind power currently has a share of about 10% of new installations.[65] Offshore wind farms are more expensive but the units deliver more energy per installed capacity with less fluctuations. In most regions, wind power generation is higher in the winter when PV output is low. For this reason, combinations of wind and solar power are recommended.
Hydro power[edit]
Hydroelectricity plays a leading role in countries like Brazil, Norway and China.[66] but there are geographical limits and environmental issues.[67] Tidal power can be used in coastal regions.
Bioenergy[edit]
Biogas plants can provide dispatchable electricity generation, and heat when needed.[68] A common concept is the co-fermentation of energy crops mixed with manure in agriculture.
Burning plant-derived biomass releases CO
2, but it has still been classified as a renewable energy source in the EU and UN legal frameworks because photosynthesis cycles the CO
2 back into new crops. How a fuel is produced, transported and processed has a significant impact on lifecycle emissions. Transporting fuels over long distances and excessive use of nitrogen fertilisers can reduce the emissions savings made by the same fuel compared to natural gas by between 15 and 50 per cent.[69] Renewable biofuels are starting to be used in aviation.
Nuclear power[edit]
In most 1.5 °C pathways nuclear power increases its share.[70] The main advantage is the ability to deliver large amounts of base load when renewable energy is not available.[citation needed] It has been repeatedly classified as a climate change mitigation technology,[71] albeit some consider it to be a barrier to efficient energy transitions towards renewable energy or sustainable energy.[72]
Some scientists, researchers, and politicians—including James Hansen, Steven Chu, Bret Kugelmass, and Steven Pinker—believe that nuclear power is one of the most important methods for achieving climate change mitigation.[73][74][75] According to Oľga Algayerová, the executive secretary for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, nuclear power "is an important source of low-carbon electricity and heat that can contribute to attaining carbon neutrality and hence help to mitigate climate change."[76] Kugelmass also believes that nuclear power can be utilized to spur direct air capture of legacy carbon emissions as a method of reversing the impacts of climate change.[77]
On the other hand, nuclear power comes with environmental risks which could outweigh the benefits. Apart from nuclear accidents, the disposal and management of radioactive waste, of which there are over one quarter of a million tons as of 2018, can cause damage and costs over more than one million years. Separated plutonium and enriched uranium could be used for nuclear weapons, which – even with current centralized control and level of prevalence – are considered to be a difficult and substantial global risk that is comparable to climate change.[78][79][80][81] Other costs include costs for ongoing research and development and decommissioning.[82][83] Public opinion about nuclear power varies widely between countries.[84][85]
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LCOE is a measure of the average net present cost of electricity generation for a generating plant over its lifetime and does not consider e.g. waste management costs.
As of 2019[update] the cost of extending nuclear power plant lifetimes is competitive with other electricity generation technologies, including new solar and wind projects.[87] New projects are reported to be highly dependent on public subsidies.[88] A nuclear driven transition was found to be far more expensive as well as slower than a renewables-based one.[89] Globally, the share of nuclear energy is not increasing and their costs are not reduced as of 2016. Nuclear energy projects often have high initial costs, long lead times and excessive construction delays.[90] Projects like the Energy Impact Center's (EIC) OPEN100, which was introduced in 2020 and provides open-source blueprints for nuclear power plant construction, have sought to reduce the cost and length of time to build such power plants.[91]
Nuclear fusion research, in the form of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is underway but fusion is not likely to be commercially widespread before 2050.[92]
Carbon neutral and negative fuels[edit]
Fossil fuel may be phased-out with carbon-neutral and carbon-negative pipeline and transportation fuels created with power to gas and gas to liquids technologies.[93][94][95]
Natural gas[edit]
Natural gas, which is mostly methane, is viewed as a bridge fuel since it produces about half as much CO
2 as burning coal.[96] Gas-fired power plants can provide the required flexibility in electricity production in combination wind and solar energy.[97]
But methane is itself a potent greenhouse gas, and it currently leaks from production wells, storage tanks, pipelines, and urban distribution pipes for natural gas.[98] In a low-carbon scenario, gas-fueled power plants could still continue operation if methane was produced using power-to-gas technology with renewable energy sources. Another possibility is to convert the natural gas to hydrogen and use the latter instead to run the thermal power stations.
Energy storage[edit]
Wind energy and photovoltaics can deliver large amounts of electric energy but not at any time and place. One approach is the conversation into storable forms of energy. This generally leads to losses in efficiency. A study by Imperial College London calculated the lowest levelised cost of different systems for mid-term and seasonal storage. In 2020, pumped hydro (PHES), compressed air (CAES) and Li-on batteries are most cost effective depending on charging rhythm. For 2040, a more significant role for Li-on and hydrogen is projected.[99]
- Li-on batteries are widely used in battery storage power stations and, as of 2020[update], are starting to be used in vehicle-to-grid storage.[100] They provide a sufficient round-trip efficiency of 75-90 %.[101] However their production can cause environmental problems.[102] Levelized costs for battery storage have drastically fallen to 0.15 US$/KWh[55]
- Hydrogen may be useful for seasonal energy storage.[103] The low efficiency of 30% of the reconversion to electricity must improve dramatically before hydrogen storage can offer the same overall energy efficiency as batteries.[101] Thermal energy in the conversion process can be used for district heating. For the electricity grid a German study estimated high costs of 0.176 €/KWh for reconversion concluding that substituting the electricity grid expansion entirely with hydrogen reconversion systems does not make sense from an economic standpoint.[104] The concept of solar hydrogen is discussed for remote desert projects where grid connections to demand centers are not available.[105] Because it has more energy per unit volume sometimes it may be better to use hydrogen in ammonia.[106]
Super grids[edit]
Long-distance power lines help to minimize storage requirements. A continental transmission network can smoothen local variations of wind energy. With a global grid, even photovoltaics could be available all day and night. The strongest High-voltage direct current (HVDC) connections are quoted with losses of only 1.6% per 1000 km[107] with a clear advantage compared to AC. HVDC is currently only used for point-to-point connections. Meshed HVDC grids are reported to be ready-to-use in Europe[108] and to be in operation in China by 2022.[109]
China has built many HVDC connections within the country and supports the idea of a global, intercontinental grid as a backbone system for the existing national AC grids.[110] A super grid in the US in combination with renewable energy could reduce GHG emissions by 80%.[111]
Smart grid and load management[edit]
Instead of expanding grids and storage for more power, electricity demand can be adjusted on the consumer side. This can flatten demand peaks. Traditionally, the energy system has treated consumer demand as fixed. Instead, data systems can combine with advanced software to pro-actively manage demand and respond to energy market prices.[112]
Time of use tariffs are a common way to motivate electricity users to reduce their peak load consumption. On a household level, charging electric vehicles or running heat pumps combined with hot water storage when wind or sun energy are available reduces electricity costs.
Dynamic demand plans have devices passively shut off when stress is sensed on the electrical grid. This method may work very well with thermostats, when power on the grid sags a small amount, a low power temperature setting is automatically selected reducing the load on the grid. Refrigerators or heat pumps can reduce their consumption when clouds pass over solar installations. Consumers need to have a smart meter in order for the utility to calculate credits.
Demand response devices can receive all sorts of messages from the grid. The message could be a request to use a low power mode similar to dynamic demand, to shut off entirely during a sudden failure on the grid, or notifications about the current and expected prices for power. This allows electric cars to recharge at the least expensive rates independent of the time of day. Vehicle-to-grid uses a car's battery or fuel cell to supply the grid temporarily.
Energy conservation and efficiency[edit]
Improved energy efficiency in buildings, industrial processes and transportation could reduce the world's energy needs in 2050 by one third, and help control global emissions of greenhouse gases.[113]
Service labels like Energy Star provide information on the energy consumption of products. A procurement toolkit to assist individuals and businesses buy energy efficient products that use low GWP refrigerants was developed by the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council.[114]
The cogeneration of electric energy and district heat also improves efficiency.
Research and development[edit]
Scientific research and development can improve available technological options such as of smart grids, green hydrogen, energy efficiency, emerging energy sources like floating solar and of energy storage, as well as assisting in the design and practical implementation of efficient, timely and – e.g. socially – viable global and regional fossil fuel substitution strategies. Key components of such work may be peer review criticism, replication, review, production of competing conclusions and bringing them in accordance, implementation and analysis of trials, and the development of alternatives.[115][116][117][additional citation(s) needed]
Carbon sinks and removal[edit]
2 emissions have been absorbed by carbon sinks, including plant growth, soil uptake, and ocean uptake (2020 Global Carbon Budget).
Carbon sequestration is the storing of carbon in to a reservoir called a carbon sink such as growing a forest or through artificial carbon dioxide removal such as direct air capture. These processes are sometimes considered variations of mitigation,[118][119] and sometimes as geoengineering.[120] Carbon dioxide removal is vital in climate change mitigation even with the best case scenarios of reducing carbon dioxide emissions as levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are already at damaging levels.[121]
Conserving areas by protecting areas can boost the carbon sequestration capacity.[122][123][124] The European Union, through the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 targets to protect 30% of the sea territory and 30% of the land territory by 2030. In 2021, 7 countries (the G7) pledged to protect or preserve at least 30% of the world's land and 30% of the world's oceans to halt biodiversity loss.[125] A survey by the United Nations Development Programme of public opinion on climate change found that forests and land conservation policies were the most popular solutions of climate change mitigation.[126]
Carbon storage in land ecosystems[edit]
Forests can be considered as a permanent storage for CO
2. Trees capture CO
2 while growing. This is released immediately when wood is burned. If dead wood remains untouched, only some of the carbon returns to the atmosphere as decomposition proceeds. Existing forests still capture more carbon than they release. Protecting healthy soils and recovering damaged soils could remove 5.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually, which is approximately equal to the annual emissions of the USA.[127]
Afforestation[edit]
Afforestation is the establishment of trees where there was previously no tree cover. Scenarios for new plantations covering up to 4000 Mha (6300 x 6300 km) calculate with a cumulative physical carbon biosequestration of more than 900 GtC (2300 GtCO
2) until 2100. Generally, it takes more than 20 years to compensate for carbon emissions related to the establishment of the plantations.[128]
According to the Trillion Tree Campaign, planting additional 1.2 trillion trees would cancel out the last 10 years of CO2 emissions.[129]
However, this is not considered a viable alternative to aggressive emissions reduction.[130] Such plantations would need to be so large, they would eliminate most natural ecosystems or reduce food production.
Preventing deforestation and desertification[edit]
Avoided deforestation reduces CO2 emissions at a rate of 1 tonne of CO2 per $1–5 in opportunity costs from lost agriculture. Cutting trees for woodfuel, the main source of energy for the poor, and clearing forests for agriculture are major drivers of desertification and deforestation. Transferring rights over land from public domain to its indigenous inhabitants, who have had a stake for millennia in preserving the forests that they depend on, is argued to be a cost-effective strategy to conserve forests.[131] This includes the protection of such rights entitled in existing laws, such as the Forest Rights Act in India, where concessions to land continue to go mostly to powerful companies.[131] The transferring of such rights in China, perhaps the largest land reform in modern times, has been argued to have increased forest cover.[132][133] Granting title of the land has shown to have two or three times less clearing than even state run parks, notably in the Brazilian Amazon. Even while the largest cause of deforestation in the world's second largest rainforest in the Congo is smallholder agriculture and charcoal production, areas with community concessions have significantly less deforestation as communities are incentivized to manage the land sustainably, even reducing poverty.[134] Conservation methods that exclude humans, called "fortress conservation", and even evict inhabitants from protected areas often lead to more exploitation of the land as the native inhabitants then turn to work for extractive companies to survive.[132] As enforcement of forest protection may not sufficiently address the drivers behind deforestation – the largest of which being the production of beef in the case of the Amazon rainforest – it may also need policies. These could effectively ban or progressively discourage deforestation-associated trade via e.g. product information requirements, satellite monitoring and product certifications.[135][136][137]
Preventing permafrost leaks[edit]
The global warming induced thawing of the permafrost, which stores about two times the amount of the carbon currently released in the atmosphere,[138] releases the potent greenhouse gas, methane, in a positive feedback cycle that is feared to lead to a tipping point called runaway climate change. While the permafrost is about 14 degrees Fahrenheit, a blanket of snow insulates it from the colder air above which could be 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.[139] A method proposed to prevent such a scenario is to bring back large herbivores such as seen in Pleistocene Park, where they keep the ground cooler by reducing snow cover height by about half and eliminating shrubs and thus keeping the ground more exposed to the cold air.[140]
Reforestation[edit]
Reforestation is the restocking of existing depleted forests or where there was once recently forests. Reforestation could save at least 1 GtCO2/year, at an estimated cost of $5–15/tCO2.[143] With increased intensive agriculture and urbanization, there is an increase in the amount of abandoned farmland. By some estimates, for every acre of original old-growth forest cut down, more than 50 acres of new secondary forests are growing.[144][145] Promoting regrowth on abandoned farmland could offset years of carbon emissions.[146] Russia, the United States and Canada have the most land suitable for reforestation.[147]
Planting new trees can be expensive, especially for the poor who often live in areas of deforestation, and can be a risky investment as, for example, studies in the Sahel have found that 80 percent of planted trees die within two years. Instead, helping native species sprout naturally is much cheaper and more likely to survive, with even long deforested areas still containing an "underground forest" of living roots and tree stumps that are still able to regenerate. This could include pruning and coppicing the tree to accelerate its growth and that also provides woodfuel, a major source of deforestation. Such practices are centuries old but the biggest obstacle towards natural regrowth of trees are legal ownership of the trees by the state, often as a way of selling such timber rights to business people, leading to seedlings being uprooted by locals who saw them as a liability. Changes in the law in Mali and Niger allowing ownership of trees to residents has led to what has been called the largest positive environmental transformation in Africa, with it being possible to discern from space the border between Niger and the more barren land in Nigeria, where the law has not changed.[141][142]
Proforestation[edit]
Proforestation is promoting forests to capture their full ecological potential.[148] Restoring all degraded forests all over the world could capture about 205 GtC (750 GtCO
2).[149] Secondary forests that have regrown in abandoned farmland are found to have less biodiversity than the original old-growth forests and original forests store 60% more carbon than these new forests.[144] Allowing proforestation in some secondary forests will increase their accumulated carbon and biodiversity over time. Strategies for proforestation include rewilding,[150] such as reintroducing apex predators and keystone species as, for example, predators keep the population of herbivores in check (which reduce the biomass of vegetation). Another strategy is establishing wildlife corridors connecting isolated protected areas.[151][152]
Carbon storage in water ecosystems[edit]
The Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE-CRC) notes that one third of humankind's annual emissions of CO
2 are absorbed by the oceans.[153] However, dissolved CO
2 in water leads to ocean acidification, which harms marine life[154] as acidification lowers the level of carbonate ions available for calcifying organisms to form their shells. These organisms include plankton species that contribute to the foundation of the ocean food webs. Acidification also impacts on a broad range of other physiological and ecological processes, such as fish respiration, larval development and changes in the solubility of both nutrients and toxins.[155] Blue carbon refers to carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere by the world's ocean ecosystems through plant and macroalgae growth[156] and the accumulation and burial of organic matter in the soil.
Wetlands[edit]
Wet areas have lower oxygen levels dissolved than in the air and so oxygen reliant decomposition of organic matter by microbes into CO
2 is decreased. Peatland globally covers just 3% of the land's surface[157] but stores up to 550 gigatonnes of carbon, representing 42% of all soil carbon and exceeds the carbon stored in all other vegetation types, including the world's forests.[158] Restoration of degraded peatlands can be done by blocking drainage channels in the peatland, and allowing natural vegetation to recover.[151][159]
Coastal waters[edit]
Mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses make up the majority of the ocean's vegetated habitats but only equal 0.05% of the plant biomass on land and stash carbon 40 times faster than tropical forests.[151] Bottom trawling, dredging for coastal development and fertilizer runoff have damaged coastal habitats.
Synthetic carbon dioxide removal[edit]
Direct air capture[edit]
Direct air capture is a process of capturing CO
2 directly from the ambient air (as opposed to capturing from point sources and generating a concentrated stream of CO
2 for sequestration or utilization or production of carbon-neutral fuel and windgas. Artificial processes vary, and concerns have been expressed about the long-term effects of some of these processes.[160] It is notable that the availability of cheap energy and appropriate sites for geological storage of carbon may make carbon dioxide air capture viable commercially. It is, however, generally expected that carbon dioxide air capture may be uneconomic when compared to carbon capture and storage from major sources — in particular, fossil fuel powered power stations, refineries, etc. As in the case of the US Kemper Project with carbon capture, costs of energy produced will grow significantly. CO2 can also be used in commercial greenhouses, giving an opportunity to kick-start the technology.
Carbon capture and storage[edit]
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a method to mitigate climate change by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources such as power plants and subsequently storing it away safely instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. The IPCC estimates that the costs of halting global warming would double without CCS.[161] The International Energy Agency says CCS is "the most important single new technology for CO2 savings" in power generation and industry.[162][better source needed] Norway's Sleipner gas field, beginning in 1996, stores almost a million tons of CO2 a year to avoid penalties in producing natural gas with unusually high levels of CO2.[163][162] According to a Sierra Club analysis, the US Kemper Project, which was due to be online in 2017, is the most expensive power plant ever built for the watts of electricity it will generate.[164]
Enhanced weathering[edit]
Enhanced weathering is weathering accelerated by spreading finely ground silicate rock, such as basalt, onto land or sea. This speeds up the chemical reactions between rocks, water and air; which remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store it permanently in solid carbonate minerals or ocean alkalinity.[165] The latter would also slow ocean acidification.
Although existing mine tailings[166] or alkaline industrial silicate minerals (such as steel slags, construction & demolition waste, or ash from biomass incineration) may be used at first,[167] mining more basalt might eventually be required to limit climate change.[168] It has the side effect of altering the natural salinity of the seas.[citation needed]Solar geoengineering[edit]
Chapter 28 of the National Academy of Sciences report Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base (1992) defined geoengineering as "options that would involve large-scale engineering of our environment in order to combat or counteract the effects of changes in atmospheric chemistry."[169] They evaluated a range of options to try to give preliminary answers to two questions: can these options work and could they be carried out with a reasonable cost. They also sought to encourage discussion of a third question — what adverse side effects might there be. Increasing ocean absorption of carbon dioxide (carbon sequestration) and screening out some sunlight were evaluated. NAS also argued "Engineered countermeasures need to be evaluated but should not be implemented without broad understanding of the direct effects and the potential side effects, the ethical issues, and the risks."[169] In July 2011 a report by the United States Government Accountability Office on geoengineering found that "[c]limate engineering technologies do not now offer a viable response to global climate change."[170]
Solar radiation management[edit]
Solar geoengineering, or solar radiation modification (SRM) is a proposed type of climate engineering in which sunlight (solar radiation) would be reflected back to space to limit or reverse human-caused climate change. Most methods would increase the planetary albedo (reflectivity), for example with stratospheric aerosol injection. Although most techniques would have global effects, localized protective or restorative methods have also been proposed to protect natural heat reflectors including sea ice, snow, and glaciers.[171][172][173]
Solar geoengineering appears able to prevent some or much of climate change.[174] Climate models consistently indicate that it is capable of returning global, regional, and local temperatures and precipitation closer to pre-industrial levels. Solar geoengineering's principal advantages are the speed with which it could be deployed and become active and the reversibility of its direct climatic effects. Stratospheric aerosol injection, the most widely studied method, appears technically feasible and inexpensive in terms of direct financial costs. Solar geoengineering could serve as a response if climate change impacts are greater than expected or as a temporary, complementary measure while atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are lowered through emissions reductions and carbon dioxide removal. Solar geoengineering would not directly reduce carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus does not address ocean acidification. Solar geoengineering's excessive, poorly distributed, or sudden and sustained termination would pose serious environmental risks. Other negative impacts are possible. Governing solar geoengineering is challenging for multiple reasons.Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) methods involve reducing the amount of incoming solar radiation reaching the surface and reducing optical thickness and cloud lifetime. The variability of the climate system would make it difficult to detect the efficacy or side-effects of SRM intervention.[175] Uncertainties including technological maturity, physical understanding and potential impacts constrain the ability to implement SRM in the near future.[176]
Decarbonization by sector[edit]
Transport[edit]
Transportation emissions account for 15% of emissions worldwide.[177] Electric vehicles and environmentally friendly rail help to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels. In most cases, electric trains are more efficient than air transport and truck transport.[178] Other efficiency means include improved public transport, smart mobility, carsharing and electric hybrids. Fossil-fuel powered passenger cars can be converted to electric propulsion. The production of alternative fuel without GHG emissions is only possible with high conversion losses. Furthermore, moving away from a car-dominated transport system towards low-carbon advanced public transport system is important.[179][180][181]
Electric vehicles[edit]
Between a quarter and three-quarters of cars on the road by 2050 are forecast to be electric vehicles. EVs use 38 megajoules per 100 km in comparison to 142 megajoules per 100 km for ICE cars.[182] Hydrogen can be a solution for long-distance transport by trucks and hydrogen-powered ships where batteries alone are too heavy.[183][184] Passenger cars using hydrogen are already produced in small numbers. While being more expensive than battery-powered cars, they can refuel much faster, and may offer higher ranges up to 700 km.[185][186] The main disadvantage of hydrogen is the low efficiency of only 30%. When used for vehicles, more than twice as much energy is needed compared to a battery powered electric car.[187]
GHG emissions depend on the amount of green energy being used for battery or fuel cell production and charging. In a system mainly based on electricity from fossil fuels, emissions of electric vehicles can even exceed those of diesel combustion.[188]
Shipping[edit]
In the shipping industry, the use of Liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine bunker fuel is driven by emissions regulations. Ship operators have to switch from heavy fuel oil to more expensive oil-based fuels, implement costly flue gas treatment technologies or switch to LNG engines.[189] Methane slip, when gas leaks unburned through the engine, lowers the advantages of LNG. Maersk, the largest container shipping line and vessel operator in the world, warns of stranded assets when investing into transitional fuels like LNG.[190] The company lists green ammonia as one of the preferred fuel types of the future and has announced the first carbon-neutral vessel on the water by 2023, running on carbon-neutral methanol.[191]
Hybrid and all electric ferries are suitable for short distances. Norway's goal is an all electric fleet by 2025.[192] The E-ferry Ellen, which was developed in a EU-backed project, is in operation in Denmark.
Air travel[edit]
In aviation, current 180 Mt of CO
2 emissions (11% of emissions in transport) are expected to rise in most projections, at least until 2040. Aviation biofuel and hydrogen can only cover a small proportion of flights in the coming years. The market entry for hybrid-driven aircraft on regional scheduled flights is projected after 2030, for battery-powered aircraft after 2035.[193]
In October 2016, the 191 nations of the ICAO established the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), requiring operators to purchase carbon offsets to cover their emissions above 2020 levels, starting from 2021. This is voluntary until 2027. The environmental impact of aviation increases at high altitudes.
The condensation trails of air travel trips, not only their greenhouse gas emissions, have a significant impact on climate change.[194][195]
Heating and cooling[edit]
The buildings sector accounts for 23% of global energy-related CO
2 emissions[196] About half of the energy is used for space and water heating.[197]
A combination of electric heat pumps and building insulation can reduce the primary energy demand significantly. Generally, electrification of heating and cooling would only reduce GHG emissions if the electric power comes from low-carbon sources. A fossil-fuel power station may only deliver 3 units of electrical energy for every 10 units of fuel energy released. Electrifying heating and cooling loads may also provide a flexible resource that can participate in demand response to integrate variable renewable resources into the grid.
Heat pumps[edit]
A modern heat pump typically produces around two to six times more thermal energy than electrical energy consumed, giving an effective efficiency of 200 to 600%, depending on the coefficient of performance and the outside temperature. It uses an electrically driven compressor to operate a refrigeration cycle that extracts heat energy from outdoor air and moves that heat to the space to be warmed. In the summer months, the cycle can be reversed for air conditioning. In areas with average winter temperatures well below freezing, ground source heat pumps are more efficient than air-source heat pumps. The high purchase price of a heat pump compared to resistance heaters may be offset when air conditioning is also needed.
With a market share of 30% and clean electricity, heat pumps could reduce global CO
2 emissions by 8% annually.[198] Using ground source heat pumps could reduce around 60% of the primary energy demand and 90% of CO
2 emissions of natural gas boilers in Europe in 2050 and make handling high shares of renewable energy easier.[199] Using surplus renewable energy in heat pumps is regarded as the most effective household means to reduce global warming and fossil fuel depletion.[200]
Cooling[edit]
Refrigeration and air conditioning account for about 10% of global CO
2 emissions caused by fossil fuel-based energy production and the use of fluorinated gases. Slashing HFC consumption by 80% by midcentury could avoid more than 0.4 °C of global warming by the end of the century. About 90% of the emissions occur at the end of the equipment's life. Solutions include investing in proper disposal and refrigerants that are less polluting.[201]
The energy consumption for cooling is expected to rise significantly due to increasing heat and availability of devices in poorer countries. Of the 2.8 billion people living in the hottest parts of the world, only 8% currently have air conditioners, compared with 90% of people in the US and Japan.[202] By combining energy efficiency improvements with the transition away from super-polluting refrigerants, the world could avoid cumulative greenhouse gas emissions of up to 210-460 GtCO
2e over the next four decades.
[203]
A shift to renewable energy in the cooling sector comes with two advantages: Solar energy production with mid-day peaks corresponds with the load required for cooling. Additionally, cooling has a large potential for load management in the electric grid.
Electric resistant heating[edit]
Radiant heaters in households are cheap and widespread but less efficient than heat pumps. In areas like Norway, Brazil, and Quebec that have abundant hydroelectricity, electric heat and hot water are common. Large scale hot water tanks can be used for demand-side management and store variable renewable energy over hours or days.
Agriculture[edit]
As 25% of Greenhouse gas emissions are coming from agriculture and land use, it is impossible to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees without addressing the emissions from this sector. During 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 45 countries pledged to give more than 4 billion dollars for transition to sustainable agriculture. The organization "Slow Food" expressed concern about the effectivity of the spendings, as they concentrate on technological solutions and reforestation en place of "a holistic agroecology that transforms food from a mass-produced commodity into part of a sustainable system that works within natural boundaries."[205]
With 21% of the global methane emissions, cattle are a major driver on global warming.[42] When rainforests are cut and the land is converted for grazing, the impact is even higher. This results in up to 335 kg CO2eq emissions for the production of 1 kg beef in Brazil when using a 30-year time horizon.[206] Other livestock, manure management and rice cultivation also produce relevant GHG emissions, in addition to fossil fuel combustion in agriculture.
Regenerative agriculture includes conservation tillage, diversity, rotation and cover crops, minimizing physical disturbance, minimizing the usage of chemicals.[207] It has other benefits like improving the state of the soil and consequently yields.[208] Restoring grasslands stores CO2 with estimates that increasing the carbon content of the soils in the world's 3.5 billion hectares of agricultural grassland by 1% would offset nearly 12 years of CO2 emissions.[209] Allan Savory, as part of holistic management, claims that while large herds are often blamed for desertification, prehistoric lands supported large or larger herds and areas where herds were removed in the United States are still desertifying.[204] Grazers, such as livestock that are not left to wander, would eat the grass and would minimize any grass growth.[209][210][211] However, carbon sequestration is maximized when only part of the leaf matter is consumed by a moving herd as a corresponding amount of root matter is sloughed off too sequestering part of its carbon into the soil.[209]
In the United States, soils account for about half of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions while agriculture, forestry and other land use emits 24%.[212]
The US EPA says soil management practices that can reduce the emissions of nitrous oxide (N
2O) from soils include fertilizer usage, irrigation, and tillage.
Important mitigation options for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from livestock include genetic selection,[213][214] introduction of methanotrophic bacteria into the rumen,[215][216] diet modification and grazing management.[217][218][219] Other options include just using ruminant-free alternatives instead, such as milk substitutes and meat analogues. Non-ruminant livestock (e.g. poultry) generates far fewer emissions.[220]
Methods that enhance carbon sequestration in soil include no-till farming, residue mulching and crop rotation, all of which are more widely used in organic farming than in conventional farming.[221][222] Because only 5% of US farmland currently uses no-till and residue mulching, there is a large potential for carbon sequestration.[223][224]
Farming can deplete soil carbon and render soil incapable of supporting life. However, conservation farming can protect carbon in soils, and repair damage over time.[225] The farming practice of cover crops has been recognized as climate-smart agriculture.[226] Best management practices for European soils were described to be increase soil organic carbon: conversion of arable land to grassland, straw incorporation, reduced tillage, straw incorporation combined with reduced tillage, ley cropping system and cover crops.[227]
In terms of prevention, vaccines are being developed in Australia to reduce the significant global warming contributions from methane released by livestock via flatulence and eructation.[228][needs update]
Farming within forest growth is sometimes called agroforestry or farmer-managed natural regeneration. In Burkina Faso and Mali, local farmers such as Yacouba Sawadogo innovated with methods such as Zaï that have improved the quality of the soil and thus helping prevent carbon emitting desertification.[141]
Methane emissions in rice cultivation can be cut by implementing an improved water management, combining dry seeding and one drawdown, or a perfect execution of a sequence of wetting and drying. This results in emission reductions of up to 90% compared to full flooding and even increased yields.[229]
Urban planning[edit]
Effective urban planning to reduce sprawl aims to decrease Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT), lowering emissions from transportation. Personal cars are extremely inefficient at moving passengers, while public transport and bicycles are many times more efficient (as is the simplest form of human transportation, walking). All of these are encouraged by urban/community planning and are an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Inefficient land use development practices have increased infrastructure costs as well as the amount of energy needed for transportation, community services, and buildings. Switching from cars by improving walkability and cycling infrastructure is either free or beneficial to a country's economy as a whole.[231]
At the same time, a growing number of citizens and government officials have begun advocating a smarter approach to land use planning. These smart growth practices include compact community development, multiple transportation choices, mixed land uses, and practices to conserve green space. These programs offer environmental, economic, and quality-of-life benefits; and they also serve to reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.
A reduction in the quantity of cars that are on the road,[232] i.e. through proof-of-parking requirements, corporate car sharing, road reallocation (from only car use to cycling road, ...), circulation plans, bans on on-street parking or by increasing the costs of car ownership can help in reducing traffic congestion in cities.
Approaches such as New Urbanism and transit-oriented development seek to reduce distances travelled, especially by private vehicles, encourage public transit and make walking and cycling more attractive options. This is achieved through "medium-density", mixed-use planning and the concentration of housing within walking distance of town centers and transport nodes.
Smarter growth land use policies have both a direct and indirect effect on energy consuming behavior. For example, transportation energy usage, the number one user of petroleum fuels, could be significantly reduced through more compact and mixed use land development patterns (urban agriculture, urban trees), which in turn could be served by a greater variety of non-automotive based transportation choices.
Building design[edit]
Emissions from housing are substantial,[233] and government-supported energy efficiency programmes can make a difference.[234]
New buildings can be constructed using passive solar building design, low-energy building, or zero-energy building techniques, using renewable heat sources. Existing buildings can be made more efficient through the use of insulation, high-efficiency appliances (particularly hot water heaters and furnaces), double- or triple-glazed gas-filled windows, external window shades, and building orientation and siting. Renewable heat sources such as shallow geothermal and passive solar energy reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted. In addition to designing buildings which are more energy-efficient to heat, it is possible to design buildings that are more energy-efficient to cool by using lighter-coloured, more reflective materials in the development of urban areas (e.g. by painting roofs white) and planting trees.[235][236] This saves energy because it cools buildings and reduces the urban heat island effect thus reducing the use of air conditioning.
Governmental action[edit]
In 2019 a report was published by the United Nations saying that to limit the temperature rise to 2 °C, the world will need to cut emissions by 2.7% each year from 2020 to 2030, and triple the climate targets. To limit the temperature rise to 1.5 °C the world would need to cut emissions by 7.6% each year from 2020 to 2030 and increase its climate commitments five-fold. Even if all the Paris Agreement pledges as they are in 2019 are fulfilled, the temperature will rise by 3.2 degrees this century.[15][16][needs update]
A report published in September 2019 before the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit says that the full implementation of all pledges made by international coalitions, countries, cities, regions and businesses (not only those in the Paris Agreement) will be sufficient to limit temperature rise to 2 degrees but not to 1.5 degrees.[237][needs update] Additional pledges were made in the September climate summit[238] and in December.[239] All the information about all climate pledges is sent to the Global Climate Action Portal - Nazca. The scientific community is checking their fulfillment.[240]
Recent proposals suggest investments supporting a green recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.[241]
Paris agreement and Kyoto Protocol[edit]
In 2015, two official UNFCCC scientific expert bodies came to the conclusion that, "in some regions and vulnerable ecosystems, high risks are projected even for warming above 1.5 °C".[242] This expert position was, together with the strong diplomatic voice of the poorest countries and the island nations in the Pacific, the driving force leading to the decision of the Paris Conference 2015, to lay down this 1.5 °C long-term target on top of the existing 2 °C goal.[243]
The Paris agreement has become the main current international agreement on combating climate change. Each country must determine, plan, and regularly report on the contribution that it undertakes to mitigate global warming.[244] Climate change mitigation measures can be written down in national environmental policy documents like the nationally determined contributions (NDC).
The Paris agreement succeeds the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which expired in 2020, and is an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).[citation needed] Countries that ratified the Kyoto protocol committed to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases, or engage in emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of these gases.
How well each individual country is on track to achieving its Paris agreement commitments can be followed on-line.[245]
Additional commitments[edit]
In addition to the main agreements, there are many additional pledges made by international coalitions, countries, cities, regions and businesses. According to a report published in September 2019 before the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, full implementation of all pledges, including those in the Paris Agreement, will be sufficient to limit temperature rise to 2 degrees but not to 1.5 degrees.[237] After the report was published, additional pledges were made in the September climate summit[238] and in December of that year.[239]
In December 2020 another climate action summit was held and important commitments were made. The organizers stated that, including the commitments expected in the beginning of the following year, countries representing 70% of the global economy will be committed to reach zero emissions by 2050.[246]
In September 2021 the US and EU launched the Global Methane Pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% by the year 2030. UK, Argentina, Indonesia, Italy and Mexico joined the initiative, "while Ghana and Iraq signaled interest in joining, according to a White House summary of the meeting, which noted those countries represent six of the top 15 methane emitters globally".[247] Israel also joined the initiative[248]
All the information about the pledges is collected and analyzed in the Global Climate Action portal, which enables the scientific community to check their fulfilment.[249]
Carbon pricing[edit]
Additional costs on GHG emissions can lower competitiveness of fossil fuels and accelerate investments into low-carbon sources of energy. A growing number of countries raise a fixed carbon tax or participate in dynamic carbon emission trading (ETS) systems. In 2021, more than 21% of global GHG emissions were covered by a carbon price, a major increase due to the introduction of the Chinese national carbon trading scheme.[250]
Trading schemes offer the possibility to limit emission allowances to certain reduction targets. However, an oversupply of allowances keeps most ETS at low price levels around $10 with a low impact. This includes the Chinese ETS which started with $7/tCO
2 in 2021.[251] One exception is the European Union Emission Trading Scheme where prices began to rise in 2018, exceeding €63/tCO
2 (72 $) in 2021.[252] This results in additional costs of about €0.04/KWh for coal and €0.02/KWh for gas combustion for electricity, depending on the emission intensity.
Latest models of the social cost of carbon calculate a damage of more than $3000 per ton CO
2 as a result of economy feedbacks and falling global GDP growth rates, while policy recommendations for a carbon price range from about $50 to $200.[253]
Most energy taxes are still levied on energy products and motor vehicles, rather than on CO
2 emissions directly.[254] Non-transport sectors as the agricultural sector, which produces large amounts of methane, are typically left untaxed by current policies.
The revenue of carbon pricing can used to support policies that promote carbon neutrality. Another approach the concept of a carbon fee and dividend which includes the redistribution on a per-capita basis. As a result, households with a low consumption can even benefit from carbon pricing.
Montreal protocol[edit]
Although not designed for this purpose, the Montreal Protocol has benefited climate change mitigation efforts.[255] The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty that has successfully reduced emissions of ozone-depleting substances (for example, CFCs), which are also greenhouse gases.
Costs and benefits[edit]
Globally, the benefits of keeping warming under 2 °C exceed the costs.[256] However, some consider cost–benefit analysis unsuitable for analysing climate change mitigation as a whole but still useful for analysing the difference between a 1.5 °C target and 2 °C.[257] The OECD has been applying economic models and qualitative assessments to inform on climate change benefits and tradeoffs.[258]
Costs[edit]
One way of estimating the cost of reducing emissions is by considering the likely costs of potential technological and output changes. Policy makers can compare the marginal abatement costs of different methods to assess the cost and amount of possible abatement over time. The marginal abatement costs of the various measures will differ by country, by sector, and over time.[143] Mitigation costs will vary according to how and when emissions are cut: early, well-planned action will minimise the costs.[143]
Many economists estimate the cost of climate change mitigation at between 1% and 2% of GDP.[257] In 2019, scientists from Australia and Germany presented the "One Earth Climate Model" showing how temperature increase can be limited to 1.5 °C for 1.7 trillion dollars a year.[259][260] According to this study, a global investment of approximately $1.7 trillion per year would be needed to keep global warming below 1.5°C. The method used by the One Earth Climate Model does not resort to dangerous geo-engineering methods. Whereas this is a large sum, it is still far less than the subsidies governments currently provided to the ailing fossil fuel industry, estimated at more than $5 trillion per year by the International Monetary Fund.[261][262] Abolishing fossil fuel subsidies is very important but must be done carefully to avoid making poor people poorer.[263]
Benefits[edit]
By addressing climate change, we can avoid the costs associated with the effects of climate change. According to the Stern Review, inaction can be as high as the equivalent of losing at least 5% of global gross domestic product (GDP) each year, now and forever (up to 20% of the GDP or more when including a wider range of risks and impacts), whereas mitigating climate change will only cost about 2% of the GDP. Also, delaying to take significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions may not be a good idea, when seen from a financial perspective.[264][265]
The research organization Project Drawdown identified global climate solutions and ranked them according to their benefits.[266] Early deaths due to fossil fuel air pollution with a temperature rise to 2 °C cost more globally than mitigation would: and in India cost 4 to 5 times more.[256] Air quality improvement is a near-term benefit among the many societal benefits from climate change mitigation, including substantial health benefits.
Sharing[edit]
One of the aspects of mitigation is how to share the costs and benefits of mitigation policies. Rich people tend to emit more GHG than poor people.[267] Activities of the poor that involve emissions of GHGs are often associated with basic needs, such as cooking. For richer people, emissions tend to be associated with things such as eating beef, cars, frequent flying, and home heating.[268] The impacts of cutting emissions could therefore have different impacts on human welfare according to wealth.
Distributing emissions abatement costs[edit]
There have been different proposals on how to allocate responsibility for cutting emissions (Banuri et al., 1996, pp. 103–105):[267]
- Egalitarianism: this system interprets the problem as one where each person has equal rights to a global resource, i.e., polluting the atmosphere.
- Basic needs: this system would have emissions allocated according to basic needs, as defined according to a minimum level of consumption. Consumption above basic needs would require countries to buy more emission rights. From this viewpoint, developing countries would need to be at least as well off under an emissions control regime as they would be outside the regime.
- Proportionality and polluter-pays principle: Proportionality reflects the ancient Aristotelian principle that people should receive in proportion to what they put in, and pay in proportion to the damages they cause. This has a potential relationship with the "polluter-pays principle", which can be interpreted in a number of ways:
- Historical responsibilities: this asserts that allocation of emission rights should be based on patterns of past emissions. Two-thirds of the stock of GHGs in the atmosphere at present is due to the past actions of developed countries (Goldemberg et al., 1996, p. 29).[269]
- Comparable burdens and ability to pay: with this approach, countries would reduce emissions based on comparable burdens and their ability to take on the costs of reduction. Ways to assess burdens include monetary costs per head of population, as well as other, more complex measures, like the UNDP's Human Development Index.
- Willingness to pay: with this approach, countries take on emission reductions based on their ability to pay along with how much they benefit[citation needed] from reducing their emissions.
Specific proposals[edit]
- Ad hoc: Lashof (1992) and Cline (1992) (referred to by Banuri et al., 1996, p. 106),[267] for example, suggested that allocations based partly on GNP could be a way of sharing the burdens of emission reductions. This is because GNP and economic activity are partially tied to carbon emissions.
- Equal per capita entitlements: this is the most widely cited method of distributing abatement costs, and is derived from egalitarianism (Banuri et al., 1996, pp. 106–107). This approach can be divided into two categories. In the first category, emissions are allocated according to national population. In the second category, emissions are allocated in a way that attempts to account for historical (cumulative) emissions.
- Status quo: with this approach, historical emissions are ignored, and current emission levels are taken as a status quo right to emit (Banuri et al., 1996, p. 107). An analogy for this approach can be made with fisheries, which is a common, limited resource. The analogy would be with the atmosphere, which can be viewed as an exhaustible natural resource (Goldemberg et al., 1996, p. 27).[269] In international law, one state recognized the long-established use of another state's use of the fisheries resource. It was also recognized by the state that part of the other state's economy was dependent on that resource.
Barriers to implementation[edit]
It has been suggested that the main barriers to implementation are uncertainty, institutional void, short time horizon of policies and politicians and missing motives and willingness to start adapting. When information on climate change is held between the large numbers of actors involved it can be highly dispersed, context specific or difficult to access causing fragmentation to be a barrier. The short time horizon of policies and politicians often means that climate change policies are not implemented in favour of socially favoured societal issues. Statements are often posed to keep the illusion of political action to prevent or postpone decisions being made.[270] There may be cause for concern about metal requirement for relevant technologies such as photovoltaics.[271] Many developing nations have made national adaptation programs which are frameworks to prioritize adaption needs.[272]
Carbon budgets by country[edit]
An international policy to allocate carbon budgets to individual countries has not been implemented yet. This question raises fairness issues.[273] With a linear reduction starting from the status quo, industrial countries would have a greater share of the remaining global budget. Using an equal share per capita globally, emission cuts in industrial countries would have to be extremely sharp.
Geopoliticial impacts[edit]
In 2019, oil and gas companies were listed by Forbes with sales of US$4.8 trillion, about 5% of the global GDP.[274] Net importers such as China and the EU would gain advantages from a transition to low-carbon technologies driven by technological development, energy efficiency or climate change policy, while Russia, the USA or Canada could see their fossil fuel industries nearly shut down.[275] On the other hand, countries with large areas such as Australia, Russia, China, the US, Canada and Brazil and also Africa and the Middle East have a potential for huge installations of renewable energy. The production of renewable energy technologies requires rare-earth elements with new supply chains.[276]
Territorial policies[edit]
Many countries are aiming for net zero emissions, and many have either carbon taxes or carbon emission trading.
United States[edit]
Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the United States include energy policies which encourage efficiency through programs like Energy Star, Commercial Building Integration, and the Industrial Technologies Program.[278]
In the absence of substantial federal action, state governments have adopted emissions-control laws such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast and the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 in California.[279] In 2019 a new climate change bill was introduced in Minnesota. One of the targets, is making all the energy of the state carbon free, by 2030.[280]
China[edit]
China has committed to peak emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2060.[281] In order to limit warming to 1.5 °C coal plants in China without carbon capture must be phased out by 2045.[282] The Chinese national carbon trading scheme started in 2021.
With more than 12 GtCO
2, China is the largest GHG emitter worldwide, still investing into new coal plants. On the other hand, China is also installing the largest capacities of renewable energy worldwide. In recent years, Chinese companies have flooded the world market with high-performance photovoltaic modules, resulting in competitive prices. China is also building a HVDC grid.
Chinas export-embodied emissions are estimated at a level of 1.7 GtCO
2 per year.[283]
European Union[edit]
The climate commitments of the European Union are divided into 3 main categories: targets for the year 2020, 2030 and 2050. The European Union claim that their policies are in line with the goal of the Paris Agreement.[284][285]
- Targets for 2020:[286] Reduce GHG emissions by 20% from the level in 1990, produce 20% of energy from renewable sources, increase Energy Efficiency by 20%.
- Targets for 2030:[287] Reduce GHG emission by 40% from the level of 1990. In 2019 The European Parliament adopted a resolution upgrading the target to 55%,[288] produce 32% of energy from renewables, increase energy efficiency by 32.5%.
- Targets for 2050:[284] become climate neutral.
The European Union claims that they have already achieved the 2020 target for emission reduction and have the legislation needed to achieve the 2030 targets. Already in 2018, its GHG emissions were 23% lower that in 1990.[289]
New Zealand[edit]
New Zealand made significant pledges on climate change mitigation in the year 2019: reduce emissions to zero by 2050, plant 1 billion trees by 2028, and encouraging farmers to reduce emissions by 2025 or face higher taxes Already in 2019 New Zealand banned new offshore oil and gas drilling and decided the climate change issues will be examined before every important decision.[290]
In early December 2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a climate change emergency and pledged that the New Zealand Government would be carbon neutral by 2025. Key goals and initiatives include requiring the public sector to buy only electric or hybrid vehicles, government buildings will have to meet new "green" building standards, and all 200 coal-fired boilers in public service buildings will be phased out.[291][292]
Nigeria[edit]
To mitigate the adverse effect of climate change, not only did Nigeria sign the Paris agreement to reduce emission, in its national climate pledge, the Nigerian government has promised to "work towards" ending gas flaring by 2030. In order to achieve this goal, the government established a Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme to encourage investment in practices that reduce gas flaring. Also, the federal government has approved a new National Forest Policy which is aimed at "protecting ecosystems" while enhancing social development. Effort is also been made to stimulate the adoption of climate-smart agriculture and the planting of trees.[293]
Developing countries[edit]
In order to reconcile economic development with mitigating carbon emissions, developing countries need particular support, both financial and technical. One of the means of achieving this is the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The World Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund[294] is a public private partnership that operates within the CDM.
An important point of contention, however, is how overseas development assistance not directly related to climate change mitigation is affected by funds provided to climate change mitigation.[295] One of the outcomes of the UNFCC Copenhagen Climate Conference was the Copenhagen Accord, in which developed countries promised to provide US$30 million between 2010 and 2012 of new and additional resources.[295] Yet it remains unclear what exactly the definition of additional is and the European Commission has requested its member states to define what they understand to be additional, and researchers at the Overseas Development Institute have found four main understandings:[295]
- Climate finance classified as aid, but additional to (over and above) the '0.7%' ODA target;
- Increase on previous year's Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on climate change mitigation;
- Rising ODA levels that include climate change finance but where it is limited to a specified percentage; and
- Increase in climate finance not connected to ODA.
The main point being that there is a conflict between the OECD states budget deficit cuts, the need to help developing countries adapt to develop sustainably and the need to ensure that funding does not come from cutting aid to other important Millennium Development Goals.[295]
However, none of these initiatives suggest a quantitative cap on the emissions from developing countries. This is considered as a particularly difficult policy proposal as the economic growth of developing countries are proportionally reflected in the growth of greenhouse emissions.
In an attempt to provide more opportunities for developing countries to adapt clean technologies, UNEP and WTO urged the international community to reduce trade barriers and to conclude the Doha trade round "which includes opening trade in environmental goods and services".[296]
In 2019 week of climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean result in a declaration in which leaders says that they will act to reduce emissions in the sectors of transportation, energy, urbanism, industry, forest conservation and land use and "sent a message of solidarity with all the people of Brazil suffering the consequences of the rainforest fires in the Amazon region, underscoring that protecting the world's forests is a collective responsibility, that forests are vital for life and that they are a critical part of the solution to climate change".[297][298]
Legal action[edit]
In some countries, those affected by climate change may be able to sue major greenhouse gas emitters. Litigation has been attempted by entire countries and peoples, such as Palau[299] and the Inuit,[300] as well as non-governmental organizations such as the Sierra Club.[301] Investor-owned coal, oil, and gas corporations could be legally and morally liable for climate-related human rights violations.[302][303] Litigations are often carried out via collective pooling of effort and resources such as via organizations like Greenpeace.[304]
Requirements[edit]
Although proving that particular weather events are due specifically to global warming may never be possible,[305] methodologies have been developed to show the increased risk of such events caused by global warming.[306]
For a legal action for negligence (or similar) to succeed, "Plaintiffs ... must show that, more probably than not, their individual injuries were caused by the risk factor in question, as opposed to any other cause. This has sometimes been translated to a requirement of a relative risk of at least two."[307] Another route (though with little legal bite) is the World Heritage Convention, if it can be shown that climate change is affecting World Heritage Sites like Mount Everest.[308][309]
Of countries[edit]
Besides countries suing one another, there are also cases where people in a country have taken legal steps against their own government. Legal action has been taken to try to force the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.[310]
In the Netherlands and Belgium, organisations such as the foundation Urgenda and the Klimaatzaak[311] in Belgium have also sued their governments as they believe their governments aren't meeting the emission reductions they agreed to. Urgenda have already won their case against the Dutch government.[312]
In 2019, 22 states, six cities and Washington DC in United States, sued the Trump administration for repealing the Clean Power Plan.[313]
In 2020 a group of Swiss senior women sued their government for too weak action on stopping climate change. They claimed that the increase in heat waves caused by climate change, particularly impacts elderly people.[314]
In November 2020 the European Court of Human Rights ordered 33 countries to respond to the climate lawsuit from 4 children and 2 adults living in Portugal. The lawsuit will be treated as a priority by the court.[315]
In 2021, Germany's supreme constitutional court has ruled that the government's climate protection measures are insufficient to protect future generations and that the government had until the end of 2022 to improve its Climate Protection Act.[316]
Of companies[edit]
According to a 2004 study commissioned by Friends of the Earth, ExxonMobil, and its predecessors caused 4.7 to 5.3 percent of the world's human-made carbon dioxide emissions between 1882 and 2002. The group suggested that such studies could form the basis for eventual legal action.[317]
In 2015, Exxon received a subpoena. According to the Washington Post and confirmed by the company, the attorney general of New York, Eric Schneiderman, opened an investigation into the possibility that the company had misled the public and investors about the risks of climate change.[318] In October 2019, the trial began.[319] Massachusetts also sued Exxon, for hiding the impact of climate change.[320]
In May 2021, in Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell, the district court of The Hague ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030 compared to 2019 levels.[321]
Societal responses[edit]
Investment[edit]
More than 1000 organizations with a worth of US$8 trillion have made commitments to fossil fuel divestment.[323] Socially responsible investing funds allow investors to invest in funds that meet high environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) standards.[324] Proxy firms can be used to draft guidelines for investment managers that take these concerns into account.[325]
As well as a policy risk, Ernst and Young identify physical, secondary, liability, transitional and reputation-based risks.[326] Therefore, it is increasingly seen to be in the interest of investors to accept climate change as a real threat which they must proactively and independently address.
Funding[edit]
Funding, such as the Green Climate Fund, is often provided by nations, groups of nations and increasingly NGO and private sources. These funds are often channelled through the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). This is an environmental funding mechanism in the World Bank which is designed to deal with global environmental issues.[327] The GEF was originally designed to tackle four main areas: biological diversity, climate change, international waters and ozone layer depletion, to which land degradation and persistent organic pollutant were added. The GEF funds projects that are agreed to achieve global environmental benefits that are endorsed by governments and screened by one of the GEF's implementing agencies.[328]
Media, education and arts[edit]
Media can contribute to climate change mitigation by educating citizens about climate change such as about some of the reasons for mitigation and thereby enable mitigation measures or make them more effective. However, media coverage of climate change was found to be largely driven by human-interest stories rather than scientific content or doesn't make scientific content as interesting as e.g. coverage of sports-challenges in the "now" often is. Furthermore, journalists may give viewers an inaccurate perception of the state of affairs by, for example, attempting to give consumers the impression of neutral coverage by portraying certain issues as controversial – called a "false balance" – despite there being a consensus of experts and scientists with uncertainty being reserved for other more specific issues. They may also not have an interest in or competence to help citizens educate themselves and form informed opinions instead of creating content viewers are accustomed to and are have grown to be commonly interested in.[329][330][331][332][333][334][335] It has been suggested that the "role of a free press is to inform the people" – particularly about societal problems of significance and with unpoliticized formats, shares of coverage and high quality relevant content that are appropriate.[335] For instance, climate change aspects are usually not discussed in news coverage of economic policy or other formats that are not dedicated to any one topic, like climate change, in particular.[336] News on social media may also be relevant to climate change mitigation.[337][338]
Fiction and culture[edit]
While there are some novels of climate fiction that are based on scientific projections of climate change impacts, some observers have wondered why cinema appears to "ignore" climate change.[339][340] Cultural changes may be important for climate change mitigation. UNESCO found that culture is an important resource for climate change mitigation.[341][additional citation(s) needed]
Education systems[edit]
Climate change education is education about climate change and could be important for the development of effective mitigation of climate change. It has been argued that there is a societal need for putting general problem solving skills at the center of education and that too little attention is being paid to real problem‐solving.[342][343] As economies may partly start to orient towards sustainability, the number of "green jobs" may increase while other jobs are being lost. Such changes may make it more beneficial to develop education systems and establish ways of retraining. Increased expertise and awareness as well as a larger work-force may also facilitate further mitigation.[344][345][346][347] Effectiveness of government regulation, a skilled work force and public awareness may be determinants of "mitigative capacity".[347]
Economics[edit]
There is a debate about a potential critical need for new ways of economic accounting, including directly monitoring and quantifying positive real-world environmental effects such as air quality improvements and related unprofitable work like forest protection, alongside far-reaching structural changes of lifestyles.[348][349] Some argue that for effective climate change mitigation degrowth has to occur, while some argue that eco-economic decoupling could allow for continuing high rates of traditional GDP growth despite of sufficient mitigation.[350][351][352][353] There is also research and debate about requirements of how economic systems could be transformed for sustainability – such as how their jobs could transition harmonously into green jobs – a just transition – and how relevant sectors of the economy – like the renewable energy industry and the bioeconomy – could be adequately supported.[354][355]
Research[edit]
It has been estimated that only 0.12% of all funding for climate-related research is spent on the social science of climate change mitigation.[357] Vastly more funding is spent on natural science studies of climate change and considerable sums are also spent on studies of impact of and adaptation to climate change.[357] It has been argued that this is a misallocation of resources, as the most urgent puzzle at the current juncture is to work out how to change human behavior to mitigate climate change, whereas the natural science of climate change is already well established and there will be decades and centuries to handle adaptation.[357][358]
Population planning[edit]
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Worldwide population growth is mostly seen as a threat to food security and biodiversity[360] but also considered as a challenge for climate change mitigation. Proposed measures include an improved access to family planning and access of women to education and economic opportunities.[361][362] Targeting natalistic politics involves cultural, ethical and societal issues. Various religions discourage or prohibit some or all forms of birth control.[363] Population size has a vastly different per capita effect on global warming in different countries.[364]
In a 2021 paper for Sustainability Science, William J. Ripple, lead author of the World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice, Christopher Wolf and Eileen Crist demonstrate that "human population has been mostly ignored with regard to climate policy" and attribute this to the taboo nature of the issue given its association with population policies of the past, including forced sterilization campaigns and China's one-child policy. They take a different approach and argue that population policies can both advance social justice (such as by abolishing child marriage, expanding family planning services and reforms that improve education for women and girls) while at the same time mitigating the human impact on the climate and the earth system. They acknowledge that while overconsumption by the world's wealthy is responsible for 90% of GHG emissions, which can be redressed through eco-taxes, carbon pricing and other policies, the global human population of 7.7 billion contributes to climate change in myriad ways, including the consumption of natural resources and GHG emissions from transportation.[365][366]
Lifestyle and behavior[edit]
The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report emphasises that behaviour, lifestyle, and cultural change have a high mitigation potential in some sectors, particularly when complementing technological and structural change.[368] Common recommendations include lowering home heating and cooling usage, burning less gasoline, supporting renewable energy sources, buying local products to reduce transportation and the use of communications technologies such as videoconferencing to reduce hypermobility.[369][370] Other examples would be heating a room less or driving less. In general, higher consumption lifestyles have a greater environmental impact. The sources of emissions have also been shown to be highly unevenly distributed, with 45% of emissions coming from the lifestyles of just 10% of the global population.[371] Several scientific studies have shown that when relatively rich people wish to reduce their carbon footprint, there are a few key actions they can take such as living car-free (2.4 tonnes CO2), avoiding one round-trip transatlantic flight (1.6 tonnes) and eating a plant-based diet (0.8 tonnes).[361]
These appear to differ significantly from the popular advice for "greening" one's lifestyle, which seem to fall mostly into the "low-impact" category: Replacing a typical car with a hybrid (0.52 tonnes); Washing clothes in cold water (0.25 tonnes); Recycling (0.21 tonnes); Upgrading light bulbs (0.10 tonnes); etc. The researchers found that public discourse on reducing one's carbon footprint overwhelmingly focuses on low-impact behaviors, and that mention of the high-impact behaviors is almost non-existent in the mainstream media, government publications, school textbooks, etc.[361][372][373]
Scientists also argue that piecemeal behavioural changes like re-using plastic bags are not a proportionate response to climate change. Though being beneficial, these debates would drive public focus away from the requirement for an energy system change of unprecedented scale to decarbonise rapidly.[374]
Dietary change[edit]
The widespread adoption of a vegetarian diet could cut food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 63% by 2050.[375] Addressing the high methane emissions by cattle, a 2016 study analyzed surcharges of 40% on beef and 20% on milk and suggests that an optimum plan would reduce emissions by 1 billion tonnes per year.[376][377] China introduced new dietary guidelines in 2016 which aim to cut meat consumption by 50% and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030.[378] Overall, food accounts for the largest share of consumption-based GHG emissions with nearly 20% of the global carbon footprint. Almost 15% of all anthropogenic GHG emissions has been attributed to the livestock sector alone.[379]
The IPCC's summary of the 2019 special report stated that a shift towards plant-based diets would help to mitigate climate change.[380]
Modal shift[edit]
Heavyweight, large personal vehicles (such as cars) require a lot of energy to move and take up much urban space.[381][382] Several alternatives modes of transport are available to replace these. The European Union has made smart mobility part of its European Green Deal[383] and in smart cities, smart mobility is also important.[384]
Activism[edit]
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Environmental organizations take various actions such as Peoples Climate Marches. A major event was the global climate strike in September 2019 organized by Fridays For Future and Earth Strike.[385] The target was to influence the climate action summit organized by the UN on 23 September.[386] According to the organizers four million people participated in the strike on 20 September.[387] In 2019, Extinction Rebellion organized massive protests demanding to "reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025, and create a citizens' assembly to oversee progress", including blocking roads.[388]
Overviews, integration and comparisons of measures[edit]
Platforms that aggregated a large number of potential climate change mitigation measures along with estimations of their effectiveness and assessed priority include Project Drawdown. The non-collaborative science-based website dedicated to the problem of climate change aims to be one methodological framework and modeling tool to assess impacts of technologies and practices at the global scale.[389][390][391] Feasibility studies, including policy studies, are a type of study that have been researched and applied to explore how countries could be transformed for decarbonization.[392][393][394] One study developed different scenarios of minimal energy requirements for providing decent living standards globally, finding that by 2050 global energy use could be reduced to 1960 levels.[395] During the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference the group of researchers running the Climate Action Tracker reported that only four polities (responsible for 6 % of global GHG emissions) – EU, UK, Chile and Costa Rica – have published a detailed official policy‑plan that describes the steps and ways by which 2030 mitigation targets could be realized.[396] Research activities may help quantify interrelations between challenges of climate change mitigation – like that of variable renewable energy – and solution technologies. For example, comparative analyses of the overall environmental impacts of different solution combinations, of projections-based externalities and life-cycle assessments could be used to this end.[397] An interdisciplinary "whole system approach" – such as for developing and considering other societal goals as well as, sometimes flexibly, taking complications into account while integrating an otherwise unmanageably large amount of problem domains, synergies, trade-offs,[398] monitoring inputs, modelling results and data – may be important for adequate climate change mitigation.[399][400][401][402]
See also[edit]
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Biosequestration
- Black carbon
- Carbon Balance and Management (journal)
- Carbon neutral fuel
- Carfree city
- Climate bond
- Climate change denial
- Climate change vulnerability
- Climate Clock
- Contraction and Convergence
- Drawdown (climate)
- Ecocities
- Ecological resilience
- Emissions reduction efforts
- Environmental effects of transport
- Environmental impact of the coal industry
- Fuel tax
- Green computing
- Green transport
- Greenhouse gas removal
- Hell and High Water
- Individual action on climate change
- Iron fertilization
- List of climate change initiatives
- List of energy storage projects
- Lofoten Declaration
- Low-carbon economy
- Mass production in renewable energy sector
- Mitigation of peak oil
- Nature-based solutions
- Resistance (ecology)
- Stratospheric aerosol injection (climate engineering)
- Sustainable landscape architecture
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- Paul Hawken (2021). "Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation". Penguin Books.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2019) Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda.
- E McGaughey, M Lawrence and Common Wealth, 'The Green Recovery Act 2020', a proposed United Kingdom law, and pdf
- Bernie Sanders, Green New Deal (2019) proposal in the United States
- Green New Deal for Europe (2019) Edition II, foreword by Ann Pettifor and Bill McKibben
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