New global panel aims to accelerate move away from fossil fuels
The panel’s formation follows calls by the president of Cop30 in Belém to establish roadmaps for accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels and deforestation.
I am wondering what this Brazileiro Profesor bases his analysis on?
Jannuzzi said there was still time to bring about an energy transition. "Technically, there is no problem. The problem is how to disseminate the information and secure the financing," he said.
No technical problems? How about the necessary build out of the global electrical grid to handle the load? How about the financing? How much will it cost and how will debt saturated economies and consumers pay those costs?
Based partly on the model of the UK's climate change committee, it includes national and sector-level milestones for eliminating fossil fuels in line with scenarios that return global heating to 1.5C by the end of the century.
Last I read on this topic, due to lag time even if all fossil fuel burning were to cease tomorrow, global average temps would continue rising for another 40 years, leaving just 34 years to get it all the way back down to just 1.5C, which it has already exceeded. That's a mighty ambitious goal, considering all they are doing at the moment is jawboning about it.
I will grant however that if half the population dies off due to lack of fertilizer and the survivors all turn Amish, it might be possible. 😒
