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4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power Sector
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The power sector is responsible for 23% of the world’s emissions, and 76% of electricity comes from polluting fossil fuels. Holding global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change will require drastic shifts in the global power system. WRI’s Systems Change Lab
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What Does "Net Zero" Actually Mean?
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Holding global warming to 1.5 degrees C — the limit scientists say is essential for avoiding the worst climate impacts — is still possible, but emissions will need to drop by nearly half by 2030 and reach “net zero” by mid-century. To date, 90 countries have committed to net-zero targets, including top emitters like the United States and China. But what exactly does “net zero” mean? What is the science behind it? WRI experts offer a comprehensive breakdown. Read more
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How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Protect Tropical Forests
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Forest carbon credits allow
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companies to counteract their emissions by paying to plant new or protect existing trees in a portion of forest set aside for this purpose. While “compliance carbon markets” set out requirements to purchase credits in accordance with a law or international agreement, voluntary carbon markets, where companies purchase credits to fulfill their own commitments, contain no such regulations. A new guide
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In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers
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Subbarayapa and his family of five live near Pavagada, India, where he has long relied on vacant lands to graze his livestock. That was until construction of the Pavagada Solar Park — one of the world’s largest solar parks—reduced the availability of common land in the area by 90%. While the solar park provides clean energy, reduces emissions and generates economic benefits for nearby communities, its development has negatively affected Subbarayapa and other “landless laborers” like him. Pavagada’s story is yet another example of the need for a “just transition,” ensuring that the shift to a clean energy economy leaves no one behind. Read more
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Fossil fuels still dominate the electricity sector, with coal and gas making up more than 90% of electricity emissions in 2019.
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