Decarbonization

[New] High levels of renewable energy, and growing areas of forestation, will mean Scotland is on target to meet net zero carbon emissions by 2043, two years ahead of target.
[New] India's transport sector can save 1.7 gigatonnes of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions and avoid about 600 million tonnes of oil equivalent in fuel demand by 2030 through shared, electric, and connected passenger mobility and cost-effective, clean, and optimized freight transport.
[New] Duke Energy and Dominion Energy have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and have turned to renewable energy sources to produce electricity that includes wind, solar, and hydroelectric power.
[New] There has been very little sign that the aviation sector will deliver a proportionate contribution to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that is required if the UK is to achieve its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
[New] The global biogas industry has the potential to cut emissions by 12% (or 4 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent annually) by 2030.
[New] In 2050, 113 million fuel cell electric vehicles could save up to 68 million tons of fuel and almost 200 million tons of carbon emissions.
[New] Reducing methane emissions is a significant part of Canada's stated plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and is a focus of the recently-announced C$750 mn Emissions Reduction Fund.
[New] Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has outlined a goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and has endorsed the Green New Deal as a framework for climate action.
[New] Colorado Springs utility board approved plans to exit coal-fired generation entirely by 2030, helping to achieve an 80% reduction in its carbon emissions in the coming decade.
[New] Climate Crisis Action Plan that aims to achieve net-zero emissions throughout the United States by 2050 and net-negative emissions by 2100, largely through sweeping reforms to federal environmental and energy laws.
[New] Natural gas demand is expected to grow more than 35% from 2017 to 2040, largely from expanding industrial activity and increasing use in power generation as utilities switch to lower-emission fuels.
[New] Switzerland pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% below 1990 levels by 2030, including by investing heavily in carbon-cutting projects abroad.
[New] Emission pathways for global warming of between 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C require steep reductions in global net emissions, reaching 25-45% in 2030, with net-zero emissions by 2050-2070.
[New] In order for the UK NHS to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, carbon needs to become an additional currency alongside money, understood by everyone working in the health system.
[New] In the chemicals industry, digitalization has the potential to reduce CO 2 emissions by 60 to 100 million metric tons by 2025 through improved efficiencies and fewer fuel inputs.
[New] In the European Union, digitally enabled demand response could reduce curtailment of solar by 45 TWh by 2040, both boosting its share of power generation and reducing CO 2 emissions.
[New] Most of the incremental abatement comes from the power sector: by 2035 power is almost entirely decarbonized, with global emissions from power generation less than a quarter of their 2015 level.
[New] In trying to bring climate change and health equity together 100% of new UK housing should be carbon neutral by 2030 and for net zero greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring inequalities do not widen as a result.
[New] Young farmers are being challenged to come up with ideas on how the UK agricultural industry can reach its goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
[New] If oil companies eliminate all their methane emissions but expand their oil and gas production, total carbon emissions and global warming could keep going up.

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Last updated: 12 July 2020