Public Funding of Energy Research Cherry Murray Joule Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 204-208 (October 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2017.09.002 Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Proposed NDCs in 2015 for COP21 of the US, EU, China, and India Viewed as Part of the Emissions Requirements of a 2°C Warming Pathway (66% Probability) The US has recently announced it will pull out of the Paris Accord by 2020. Even if the US states that have pledged to honor the Accord manage to maintain the reductions consistent with the 2015 US NDC, it appears to be unlikely 2°C will be met unless a more drastic global emissions reduction regime is adopted by all nations.12 http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/16/files/GCP CarbonBudget 2016.pdf. Joule 2017 1, 204-208DOI: (10.1016/j.joule.2017.09.002) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Global New Investment in Renewable Electricity (Power) and Fuels for Various Regions and Countries over the Last Decade Figure from REN21 (2017) Renewables Global Status Report 2017. Paris: REN21 Secretariat. http://www.ren21.net/gsr-2017/. Joule 2017 1, 204-208DOI: (10.1016/j.joule.2017.09.002) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Joule 2017 1, 204-208DOI: (10.1016/j.joule.2017.09.002) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions