Global decarbonisation : Lies, damn lies, and statistics?

Decarbonisation is the only way out of our climate emergency. The quicker we do it the less damage we will incur. But just about every mainstream agency and organisation around the world is advising policymakers not to move too quickly away from fossil fuels for fear of disrupting economies and societies. The real world statistics tell a very different story though, and now new research is suggesting we should actually be far bolder in our move towards renewable power.

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Reference links

Carbon Brief - Integrated Assessment Models explained
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-integrated-assessment-models-are-used-to-study-climate-change

Michael Grub paper 1
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abde07

Michael Grub paper 2
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcc.698?af=R

IEA - Road map to 2050
https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/20959e2e-7ab8-4f2a-b1c6-4e63387f03a1/NetZeroby2050-ARoadmapfortheGlobalEnergySector_CORR.pdf

Beckisphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le67jYxChow

RethinkX
https://www.rethinkx.com/energy-lcoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=732kBAodPqU

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585c3439be65942f022bbf9b/t/604a545fe0dbf3775ee6329b/1615484151178/Rethinking-Energy-LCOE.pdf


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