Following the Kyoto Protocol, the European Union obligated itself to lower its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 20% below their 1990 level, by the year 2020. Carbon dioxide is the major GHG. To fulfill this obligation, the nations must meet the sustainability challenge of countering rising population plus affluence with the dematerialization of less energy per GDP plus the decarbonization of less...

This paper evaluates the United Kingdom’s Climate Change Act of 2008 in terms of the implied rates of decarbonization of the UK economy for a short-term and a long-term target established in law. The paper uses the Kaya identity to structure the evaluation, employing both a bottom up approach (based on projections of future UK population, economic growth, and technology) and a top down approach...

False Premise Clack et al.’s (1) premise that deep decarbonization studies conclude that using nuclear, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and bioenergy reduces costs relative to “other pathways,” such as Jacobson et al.’s (2) 100% pathway, is false. First Clack et al. (1) imply that Jacobson et al.’s (2) report is an outlier for excluding nuclear and CCS. To the contrary, Jacobson et al. are in...

This article deals with the analysis of Hungary’s still-existing coal region (Northern Hungary), including future mining and energy production. Within interpretive tradition social research, we approached problem explored role significance Mátra Power Plant in country region. The results show that there has been widespread involvement field removal, Just Transition it is important for decision-...

The world energy system has entered the so-called transition stage, with decarbonization and fight against climate change as drivers for change. This event may pose many grave dangers Russian coal industry commodity-rich regions of country, whose economy is based on mining. authors rely research into strategic development Kuzbass, Russia’s major center, discuss whether state should actively par...

The issue of electricity-natural gas interdependence is becoming a major energy policy and regulatory issue in all jurisdictions around the world. In this paper, we develop a model that looks at natural gas and electricity simultaneously, and apply it to the scenarios for European decarbonization at the horizon 2030/2050. The increased role of gas fired plants in RES dominated electricity marke...

Despite competing views about climate change policy, the time is ripe to drive carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) forward . National and state investment in and support of CCS are completely consistent with the Donald Trump Administration’s goals to invest in infrastructure projects, continue U .S . reliance on fossil fuels, and create jobs . This Article, excerpted from Michael B . Gerrard...

Agriculture is one of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in China. This paper aims to identify the key factors that have led to rising GHG emissions in China’s agricultural sector in recent decades. This research allows for spatial dependence across provinces, making use of regional data from 31 provinces in mainland China. It investigates the effects of agricultural machinery, dif...

Deep decarbonization paths to the 1.5 °C or 2 temperature stabilization futures require a rapid reduction in coal-fired power plants, but many countries are continuing build new ones. Coal-fired plants also major contributor air pollution related health impacts. Here, we couple an integrated human-earth system model (GCAM) with quality (TM5-FASST) examine regional co-benefits from cancelling wo...

Fossil fuels, especially coal, contribute to carbon emissions, hindering the EU’s decarbonization goal by 2050. This article proposes converting Pego Coal Power Plant into a biomass plant as potential solution. Biomass, renewable resource abundant in Portugal, can transform sustainable energy source, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change. It also reduces rural fire risk...