Global climate change: The quantifiable sustainability challenge

Princiotta, F.T.; Loughlin, Daniel H.

doi:10.1080/10962247.2014.923351

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“…(16) and references contained therein), multiple efforts have been considered ( Figure 2). First, carbon capture and geologic CO 2 storage (GCS) have been proposed as a viable option.…”

Section: Energy and Climatementioning

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Sustainability: GEOC’s Perspective

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et al. 2015

ACS Symposium Series

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“…(16) and references contained therein), multiple efforts have been considered ( Figure 2). First, carbon capture and geologic CO 2 storage (GCS) have been proposed as a viable option.…”

Section: Energy and Climatementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability: GEOC’s Perspective

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Jun

et al. 2015

ACS Symposium Series

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“…Humanity's growing population and increasing demand for resource intensive goods and services have driven the dramatic growth in GHG emissions over the last 50 years Figure 7 9 illustrates the key driving forces responsible for this dramatic growth in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades.…”

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“…Again for the Blue Scenario, Fig. 13 9 depicts these technologies and puts them in two categories: existing technology or new/advanced technology. As can be seen, over half of the required reductions are associated with technologies that are not currently commercially available.…”

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We are losing the climate change mitigation challenge; Is it too late to recover?

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2017

MRS Energy & Sustainability

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We are losing the climate change mitigation challenge. The task now before us: minimize the impacts.The status of the climate change mitigation challenge is analyzed and summarized. Pressures spawned by industrialization and population growth have driven unsustainable growth in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, yielding global warming. Such warming has accelerated over the last three years and for 2016 was 1.3 °C over pre-industrial levels. Serious climate change induced impacts have already occurred and more serious ones are projected. The recent UN Paris COP agreement is only a small step toward meaningful mitigation. It will only slow emission growth and will not lead to near term aggressive annual emission decreases, which are needed to avoid warming of 2 °C or more. We are losing the battle to protect the planet from unacceptable climate change impacts. To minimize the impacts, the following is needed: more aggressive communication of the seriousness of the problem to national leaders and the public, a serious adaptation program, a dramatically expanded RD&D program to accelerate the development of low cost low C technologies, with a focus on potentially transformational technologies, and a serious commitment to peak global emissions as soon as possible and drastically reduce such emissions annually from that point on.A global agreement to set a price on carbon (C) could be effective in helping to achieve such an aggressive emission reduction trajectory.

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“…Extensive use of coal and other fossil fuels have led to pile of an enormous amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere and a resultant global warming [2]. Increase in the capacity of the hydro power plants; however, needs building of large water storages.…”

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