It's important to think about future emissions today, because what you invest into now gets locked in for a lifetime. Here is how long energy consuming infrastructure sticks around for:

From the Energy Technology Perspectives released today by @IEA: https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-technology-perspectives-2020

For some context: it has only been about a 110 years or so since the oil age really took off. Most of the human-caused emissions that have fueled climate change are only from the last 300 years.

Another revealing graph from @IEA's Energy Technology Perspectives report.

The newest (and safest) aircrafts are being largely used in the Asia Pacific region. North America largely has mid-aged aircrafts, while Africa has some of the oldest planes -- as old as over 50 years!

And how do we get to net zero emissions by 2070? The path runs through carbon capture, renewables, electrification, hydrogen and more.

The good news is that many of the key technologies that will drive decarbonisation are either already mature, or are in the early adoption stage.

The challenging news is a lot more needs to be done to scale up technologies that are in the demonstration and prototype stages.

Congratulations to @TimurGuel and the entire team for this excellent in-depth report.

You can download it and go through the full report here: https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-technology-perspectives-2020