OpenMinds built this framework to find and rank the energy and climate solutions with the most impact potential over the next 10 to 15 years, a period it calls 203X. The report is written to be accessible to anyone and draws on sources including the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report and the International Energy Agency.
Key points
- The Dual Challenge means increasing the world's supply of affordable, reliable energy while curbing energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.
- Solutions are scored on CO2 abatement potential, technological and economic readiness, and social, system and environmental viability.
- The Top 10 cover renewables, nuclear, methane abatement, carbon capture (CCUS), coal-to-gas switching, electric vehicles, and efficiency and electrification in transport, buildings and industry, including heat pumps.
- Preliminary projections of 2035 abatement include about 2.3 Gt CO2e from renewables, 1.3 Gt from methane abatement, 1.0 Gt from coal-to-gas switching and 0.4 Gt from nuclear. Country archetypes based on fuel reserves and GDP tailor solutions by region.
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