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THREAD: UNEP #EmissionsGap Report 2020Although the COVID-19 pandemic will cause a dip in 2020 emissions, this will not bring the world closer to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global
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The anatomy of a scenario...A 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 on how mitigation works, why we probably need some level of carbon capture & storage (CCS) & carbon dioxide removal (CDR) - just not
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"Since IAMs are designed to minimize mitigation costs, this means that they by definition select for the most gradual reduction in fossil fuel use."A thread on 'gradualism' based on @wim_carton's
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1/ "the availability of BECCS proved critical to the cost-efficiency, & indeed the theoretical possibility, of these deep mitigation scenarios, leading to systemic inclusion of BECCS in RCP2.6 scenarios" says
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What was the big news you missed yesterday?@Equinor is going to net-zero in 2050...There are a range of measures. The system boundary is expanded to include Scope 3 (use of
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THREAD: What is the latest in climate?Concentrations of CO₂, CH₄, & N₂O continued to increase in 2019 & 2020, reaching 150%, 260%, & 120% above pre-industrial. https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/united_in_science 2. Preli
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1. "Mathematical models are a great way to explore questions. They are also a dangerous way to assert answers. Asking models for certainty or consensus is more a sign of
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1. Will energy technologies grow exponentially until they reach "materiality" & then have linear growth?A common perception, but what does history say?[Short answer: Old technologies are growing exponentially (not nuclear),
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