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[New] Given that the NHS accounts for between 4 and 5% of the UK's total carbon footprint on an annual basis, its decarbonisation will be crucial to the UK's ability to meet its 2050 net-zero target.
[New] While there is a significant amount of research on decarbonization pathways to hold global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, there is comparatively little global research on the technical feasibility and economic costs of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
The recent announcement by the UK Government to advance the ban on internal combustion engines from 2040 to 2035 may help to accelerate the decarbonisation of passenger vehicles, but still leaves challenges around commercial road transport, shipping and aviation.
Much stronger policy efforts will be needed in the future for Germany to implement an incisive decarbonisation of its transport sector.
The decarbonisation of heat is a key priority following the government's announcement that the UK will become the first major nation to commit to reaching a net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050.
The decarbonisation of the energy sector would require a total of US$ 25 trillion to be invested in renewables up to 2050, or on average more than US$ 700 billion per year.
Whilst no single technology can serve as a sole solution to the climate crisis, it is widely agreed that heat pumps will play a significant role in the battle to meet net zero carbon by 2050.
Battery technology is indispensable for the success of the clean energy transition and e-mobility, and a key element of the EU's long-term decarbonisation strategy to become climate-neutral by 2050.
A successful decarbonisation strategy in the EU could become a business opportunity where the EU could export technology, for example to Africa or India, two regions where emissions are set to grow substantially in the coming decades as they develop.
Widespread adoption of E10 across Europe will boost the EU's ability to meet its targets for transport decarbonisation and renewable energy incorporation - E10 can have benefits for engine performance.
Under all the scenarios for decarbonisation in the European Commission's 2050 strategy, Europe will need a massive increase in both first - and second-generation biofuels in order to make any real impact.
The opportunity that has become clear to the decentralized energy community is the idea of capturing waste heat and putting it to use locally.
The TCC-GSR demonstrates that, while possible, the net decarbonization of the transport sector by 2050 will require an immediate and concerted turnaround of global policy and funding.
The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, scheduled to be introduced in 2021, will be the principal mechanism to meet the ICAO's long-term decarbonisation targets.
The climate strategy proposed by the European Commission assumes, that the cost of solar photovoltaics will fall by 36% and the cost of wind turbines will fall by 27% between 2020 and 2050.
Even without additional policy support, global investments in zero emissions power generation are expected to reach $10 trillion (2018-2050) and the rates of innovation and technology cost reductions observed over the last decade (in solar, batteries and wind power) are set to continue.
Hydrogen from natural gas with CCS will for a conciderable time produce fewer emissions than hydrogen from the average European grid electricity.
The potentially significant increase in demand for cooling by 2030 will need to be considered in any national frameworks for energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of heat.
For utilities wondering where future demand growth is possible in an era of decentralized energy and retiring baseload plants EV-led commodity sales could top $1.7 trillion in Europe and North America by 2040.
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the EU will need to focus on rapid decarbonisation through accelerated energy efficiency, a transition towards renewable energy, and tackling hard-to-abate emissions by deploying CCS or CCU technologies.
The Programme will see around £ 10-12 billion of public and private sector investment in energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation over the 20-year period generating economic opportunity across the whole of Scotland.
Renewables, decentralized energy, digitalization and smart grids will be the backbone of the new modern economy in Europe.
Steady Progression: predicts a scenario in which Great Britain makes progress towards but does not meet the 2050 decarbonisation target using centralised technologies.

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Last updated: 29 March 2020