NZ2050 is an acronym for the Net Zero by 2050. (The term Net Zero by 2050 comes from the IPCC report Global Warming of 1.5°C.) Many organizations and companies have committed to a net zero program in which they will not emit greenhouse gases by a certain date. The year 2050 is often selected based on the IPCC report. Hence the acronym NZ2050.
Although Net Zero goals are commendable and deserve our support it is vital that they be evaluated realistically. This article is one in a series to do with difficulties that might be encountered as companies implement these programs. Other articles on this theme are:
This is the third post in the series ‘The Shape of Net Zero’.
Shown below is a summary of the post Industry Leadership.
A theme of the posts at this site is that we are awash in good ideas, but many of these good ideas cannot be scaled up quickly enough to have a meaningful impact on the climate crisis. This post — Realities: Nuclear Power — illustrates this conundrum. Nuclear power is an established energy source. It has its detractors, but it is established and known to work.
he following material is extracted from the post What To Do?
This article provides an introduction to the concept of Net Zero by 2050, and how it could affect the energy and process industries.
The phrase ‘Net Zero by 2050’ comes from a report published by the IPCC — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC is one of the world’s leading authorities on climate change trends.
The following is taken from the post Net Zero Gradients.
On Tuesday of this week we learned that the ExxonMobil company has adopted Net Zero goals.
We are publishing a series of posts to do with evaluating alternative sources of energy. This article is based on the post Energy Evaluation: Properties describes a method by which different fuels and energy sources can be compared.
The material in this article is taken from the post An Energy Evaluation System: Part 4 — An Energy Grid.
We continue our series of posts on how to evaluate and compare different energy sources. The first three posts in the series are:
