Climate change and GDP

Japan is missing an opportunity to promote energy savings

Leave a Comment / Climate change and GDP, Japan carbon neutrality, Resources scarcity / Nicolas Vierge

INSIGHTS Japan is missing an opportunity to promote energy savings With rising energy prices Japan seems to have forgotten its decarbonization goals and is missing on an opportunity to promote energy savings. In April 2021 prime minister Suga announced his target of reducing CO2 emissions by 46% compared to 2013 levels. If the number “46%” […]

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On the necessity of reducing our consumption

INSIGHTS Making it to a 2.0°C world will likely require a global reduction in consumption Plotting the global CO2 emissions since 1850 and comparing them to IPCC data shows that to have an 83% chance to stay below a 2.0°C global warming path global emissions must be divided by ~4 in the next 30