Over the hump: Have we reached the peak of carbon emissions?

doi:10.1080/00963402.2020.1806585

	Over the hump: Have we reached the peak of carbon emissions?
	Kammen, Daniel M.
	2020-09
发表期刊	BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
ISSN	0096-3402
EISSN	1938-3282
摘要	Recent news reports have focused on the so-called collapse of coal, which indeed is in free-fall in many nations. And it's not limited to the news media; an International Energy Agency report said " horizontal ellipsis Only renewables are holding up during the previously unheard-of slump in electricity use." Coal use is down to record low-levels in the United States. This decrease is also underway for oil and natural gas. Meanwhile, new solar and wind projects are up 4 percent since the start of the year, and the most affordable projects worldwide over the past three years have all been renewable energy installations. These cost trends, and the slow-down in demand for fossil-fuels that came with the COVID-19-induced recession tipped the balance in favor of clean, renewable energy - at least temporarily. But from here on in, much depends on what we do next: How will we respond to this accidental and costly emergency? Will we double-down on pollution and the racial injustices that are inherent with the use of fossil fuels? Or will we use this hiatus to craft a new, green, and job-creating economy?
关键词	Peak carbon carbon emissions climate change global warming climate crisis fossil fuel subsidies
DOI	10.1080/00963402.2020.1806585
WOS研究方向	International Relations ; Social Issues
WOS类目	International Relations ; Social Issues
出版者	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	新冠肺炎循证社会科学证据集成
作者单位	Univ Calif Berkeley
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kammen, Daniel M.. Over the hump: Have we reached the peak of carbon emissions?[J]. BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS,2020.
APA	Kammen, Daniel M..(2020).Over the hump: Have we reached the peak of carbon emissions?.BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS.
MLA	Kammen, Daniel M.."Over the hump: Have we reached the peak of carbon emissions?".BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS (2020).