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    • The 2°C scenario—A sustainable world energy perspective

      • W KREWITT, S SIMON, W GRAUS, S TESKE, A ZERVOS, O SCHAFER
        Original article citation: Energy Policy 35," (2007).

      • Categories: Policy, Technology, Society, and Energy
      • Recommended by : Hal Levin on 09/20/2007 04:03AM GMT

        Uses backcasting from a process involving stakeholders including academics, NGOs, and the renewable energy industry. Uses carbon emission targets as starting point. Provides a perspective on current energy policy discussions that contrasts the IEA World Energy Outlook projections with more "realistic" projections without being overly optimistic. Uses conservative assumptions to modify projections based on business-as-usual scenarios. Focuses on regional and global scale and on all forms of energy production.
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    • N2O release from agro-biofuel production negates global warming reduction by replacing fossil fuels

      • Paul Crutzen
        Original article citation: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2007)

      • Categories: Energy
      • Recommended by : Dave Reay on 08/16/2007 10:32AM GMT

        In this paper Crutzen and his co-authors provide a novel and thought-provoking analysis of the apparent reduction in climate forcing achieved by substituting fossil fuels with biofuels given elevated N2O emissions. Biofuel production as a means to reduce net anthropogenic CO2 emissions is a booming business around the world. Analyses such as those contained within this paper are therefore of great importance when establishing the efficacy of such biofuel expansion.
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    • Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO2 emissions

      • M. R. Raupach, G. Marland, P. Ciais, C. Le Quere, J. G. Canadell, G. Klepper, C. B. Field
        Original article citation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.0700609104 (2007)

      • Categories: Anthropogenic change, Society, and Energy
      • Recommended by the Editor: Olive Heffernan on 06/06/2007 09:20PM GMT

        Perhaps unsurprising, but this paper by Raupach and coauthors shows that worldwide CO2 emissions increased more rapidly between 2000 and 2004 than predicted by even the worst case IPCC scenarios. The study shows that no region was decarbonizing its energy supply during this period and that CO2 emissions are accelerating worldwide, with China in the lead.
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