After three years of work on a report warning that time is running out to head off a climate disaster, Greg Nemet is optimistic about the planet’s chances.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a report outlining what should be done to limit global warming to 1.5C. We need to ditch fossil fuels, coal and gas plants need to close and the focus needs to be put on renewable energy like solar and wind. Governments will need to put infrastructure in place to make it easier for people to switch to electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions. Methane makes up around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. According to experts reducing methane emissions will “shave off some of the temperature rise”. To prevent Earth from going over the 1.5C threshold, scientists say we need to start using machines to suck CO2 from the atmosphere. Having the right policies, infrastructure and technology in place to enable changes to our lifestyles and behavior can result in a 40-70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, Priyadarshi Shukla, UN IPCCC Co-Chair.
Greg Nemet, a professor at UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, was one of the lead authors of a report on ways to slow climate change released Monday.
Greg Nemet, a professor at UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, was one of the lead authors of a report on ways to slow climate change released Monday.
