We’re absolutely not achieving 1.5C. 2C is probably achievable. Any projections based on “current policy” are useful but not necessarily predictive as it is highly likely for policies all over the world to become more and more aggressive. Might also be missing increasingly positive economic pressures. Hard to know because the article doesn’t link the original IRENA report.
Besides tripling renewable generation they call for doubling efficiency through public transport, railways, and heat pumps among other things. I didn’t know be about the efficiency factor required to meet the 1.5 goal as well as the renewable factor. I’ll have to read this article report when I’ve got time.
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We’re absolutely not achieving 1.5C. 2C is probably achievable. Any projections based on “current policy” are useful but not necessarily predictive as it is highly likely for policies all over the world to become more and more aggressive. Might also be missing increasingly positive economic pressures. Hard to know because the article doesn’t link the original IRENA report.
Here’s the report from IRENA
https://www.irena.org/Publications/2024/Oct/UAE-Consensus-2030-tripling-renewables-doubling-efficiency
Besides tripling renewable generation they call for doubling efficiency through public transport, railways, and heat pumps among other things. I didn’t know be about the efficiency factor required to meet the 1.5 goal as well as the renewable factor. I’ll have to read this article report when I’ve got time.