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Global warming is projected to exceed 1.8°C, according to McKinsey report

Envirotec Magazine

The energy transition continues to gain steam, with oil demand projected to peak in this decade, perhaps as soon as 2025, according to new research by global consultancy firm McKinsey & Company. However, even with current government commitments and forecasted technology trends, global warming is projected to exceed 1.7°C

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Global warming could push air conditioning demand up 59%

Inhabitat - Innovation

As the planet warms, more people are relying on AC. But AC just contributes to more warming.

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Tension at COP27 as poor nations demand accountability

Inhabitat - Innovation

Leaders from developing countries have criticized wealthy governments for driving global warming at the ongoing COP27 climate summit in Egypt. During their speeches on Tuesday, several leaders demanded that wealthy nations pay the ailing low-income economies.

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Global Warming is Energy Surplus in a World Primarily in Deficit

Energy Central

Where demand-pull inflation describes an imbalance in aggregate supply versus aggregate demand. Where Europe and the Asia-Pacific economies face an escalating energy crisis, global warming should be an economist’s dream. It is a global surplus of heat energy chasing too few ways of either.

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Peak fossil fuel demand will happen this decade

Financial Times: Energy

But the decline in oil, gas and coal will not be steep enough to limit global warming to 1.5C

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Fossil fuel demand must fall by a quarter by 2030 to limit global warming, IEA says

Financial Times: Energy

Governments need to step up clean energy supply to avoid shortages and price jumps, agency warns

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Understanding the Carbon Removals Landscape: Creating Clarity in an Opaque Market

GreenBiz

degree or less global warming trajectory. These initiatives mandate corporations’ use of carbon removal to address remaining emissions in their climate target year and to contribute to global decarbonization on their path to net zero.

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