Full Title: Have We Reached Peak Carbon Emissions?
Author(s): Daniel M. Kammen
Publisher(s): Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Publication Date: February 22, 2021
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Description (excerpt):
Has the world reached peak carbon emissions?
Depending on how nations manage their COVID-19 stimulus plans, the answer may well be “yes.”
The thought-experiment itself is revolutionary given that up until a few months ago all we could see were a few states and countries making progress with the backdrop of a world still exponentially increasing in greenhouse gas pollution. COVID-19, of course, opens the opportunity to not only take advantage of the drop in emissions, but to #BuildBackBetter, namely with renewable energy and not fossil-fuel infrastructure.