New fossil fuel plants post-2017 risk 2C warming limit
To avoid dangerous global warming, 2017 is the last year energy companies can build new coal, oil or gas-fired power plants.
That’s the unpalatable finding in a new study by Oxford researchers, killing any notion governments may have over the window of time they have left to act.
“For policy makers who think of climate change as a long-term future issue this should be a wake-up call,” said Cameron Hepburn, co-author of the study published in the journal Applied Energy.
All new energy infrastructure needs to be zero carbon from 2017, says the study, while existing power plants need to be retrofitted with technology to catch greenhouse gas emissions.
New fossil fuel plants post-2017 risk 2C warming limit | Climate Home - climate change news
To avoid dangerous global warming, 2017 is the last year energy companies can build new coal, oil or gas-fired power plants.
That’s the unpalatable finding in a new study by Oxford researchers, killing any notion governments may have over the window of time they have left to act.
“For policy makers who think of climate change as a long-term future issue this should be a wake-up call,” said Cameron Hepburn, co-author of the study published in the journal Applied Energy.
All new energy infrastructure needs to be zero carbon from 2017, says the study, while existing power plants need to be retrofitted with technology to catch greenhouse gas emissions.
New fossil fuel plants post-2017 risk 2C warming limit | Climate Home - climate change news