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Climate change: World near ‘tipping point’ in deploying green technologies in power generation and road transport sectors, study finds
- ‘Policymakers, corporates and consumers all have key roles to play to create the enabling conditions for the tipping points,’ says report
- Activating tipping points for decarbonisation is needed, since the impact of climate change is expected to unfold in a similar fashion, say scientists
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The world is close to “tipping point” in the mass deployment of green technologies to decarbonise the power generation and road transport sectors, which together account for 38 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, a study suggests.
But global action is needed to accelerate efforts to limit global warming, said the report produced by an international team including sustainability advisory firm Systemiq and the UK’s University of Exeter, and supported by a £1 million (US$1.23 million) grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.
“A focus on joint international action to activate [socioeconomic] tipping points and cascades could have an outsized impact on global emissions and contribute materially to reducing the risks of dangerous climate change,” said the report published on Friday.
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“Policymakers, corporates and consumers all have key roles to play to create the enabling conditions for the tipping points.”
Since environmentally harmful sectors are deeply interconnected, zero-emission solutions can influence transitions in multiple sectors simultaneously, said Simon Sharpe, a lead author of the report.
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For example, boosting the adoption of electric cars to 60 per cent of global vehicle sales would increase battery production volumes by 10 times.
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