Full Title: An Innovation Agenda for Deep Decarbonization: Bridging Gaps in the Federal Energy RD&D Portfolio
Author(s): COLIN CUNLIFF
Publisher(s): Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Publication Date: November 1, 2018
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Description (excerpt):
The world is not on track to achieve the deep reductions in carbon emissions necessary to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.1 While the United States saw a modest decline in emissions in the 10-year period from 2007 to 2017—primarily due to the substitution of natural gas and renewables for coal in power generation—this trend may be coming to an
end.2 The situation is even less encouraging at the global level, where carbon pollution has yet to peak, and emissions increased 2 percent last year.3 A substantial increase in and significant reorientation of federal energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) is needed to break out of this looming cul-de-sac.