Tag: Paris
Ottawa-led national consultation ‘Generation Energy’ generates necessary discussion
NRCan grappling on how to chart Canada’s low-carbon energy future By Bora Plumptre, analyst, Pembina Institute What should Canada’s energy system look like in 2050? That’s the question at the heart of Generation Energy, an ongoing round of consultations being conducted by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) under the direction of Minister Jim Carr. Pembina Institute staff […]
New report examines costs to US industrial sector of Obama’s Paris pledge
Hardest hit sectors would be iron and steel WASHINGTON, DC – Meeting the commitments President Obama made as part of the Paris climate accord could cost the US economy $3 trillion and 6.5 million industrial sector jobs by 2040, according to a comprehensive new study prepared by NERA Economic Consulting. The study was commissioned by […]
Environmental think tank: With pro-gas policies, US can “Outperform” Paris emission targets
Breakthrough Institute found natural gas prevented 17x more CO2 emissions than wind, solar, geothermal combined By Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth Many environmentalists have bemoaned the election results as nothing short of a “nightmare” for international efforts to address climate change. But a new report by researchers that Time Magazine has called “heroes of the environment” illustrates why […]
Paris Agreement emissions goal likely to be missed
“Judging the pace of transition from old to new is among the big difficulties facing companies as they survey this emerging energy landscape” Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis and preliminary outlook on energy demand shows the emissions goal implied by the current version of the Paris Agreement is likely to be missed. The Paris Agreement comes […]
Paris all about future of capitalism, not climate
Climate change debate at Paris in Dec. is really a proxy for debate about population growth, economic/ social well being, capitalism According to an ongoing temperature analysis conducted by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the average global temperature on Earth has increased by about 0.8°Celsius (1.4°Fahrenheit) since 1880. Two-thirds of the warming has […]
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