The oil and gas industry will need to scale back much faster to limit warming to 1.5oC
Gardiner, D., Sullivan, R., Dietz, S.
& Jahn, V.
(20 February 2021)
The oil and gas industry will need to scale back much faster to limit warming to 1.5oC.
USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog.
If global temperature increase is to be limited to 1.5oC, CO2 emissions must reach net zero in 2050, if not sooner. Consumption of oil must begin to fall in the next few years and fall substantially thereafter – far from the gentle plateauing expected by many in the industry. Gas consumption, considered by the industry to be a “growth engine”, must [...]
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2021 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Geography and Environment |
| Date Deposited | 25 Mar 2021 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109185 |
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