{"id":264,"date":"2022-09-06T11:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:58:53","slug":"4-4-we-are-not-moving-in-the-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/endnotes\/what-weve-done-about-it\/4-4-we-are-not-moving-in-the-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"4.4 We are not moving in the right direction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greta Thunberg<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \naccording to climate scientist Peter Kalmus\u2019s calculations<\/q> Kalmus, P., \u2018Today the world\u2019s biggest carbon capture facility turned on\u2019<\/cite>, Twitter, 9 September 2021, https:\/\/techstory.in\/orca-worlds-largest-carbon-capturing-facility-just-opened-in-iceland\/<\/a>, https:\/\/www.businessinsider.nl\/the-worlds-biggest-carbon-removal-plant-just-opened-in-a-year-itll-negate-just-3-seconds-worth-of-global-emissions\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nwe are talking about turning them into several weeks<\/q> Every year we currently emit around 42GT of CO2<\/sub>. That means ca 0.8GT of CO2<\/sub> per week. As an example, the IEA Net Zero 2050 roadmap (from 2021) estimates the global CO2<\/sub> capture by 2050 to be 7.6GT of CO2<\/sub> per year. That equals around 9.5 weeks of today\u2019s emission levels. The CO2<\/sub> capture in the year 2050 by Direct Air Capture (DAC) alone is estimated to be \u2018just under 1 GT\u2019.
    \n    https:\/\/www.unepfi.org\/industries\/investment\/net-zero-asset-owner-alliance-backs-call-to-scale-up-carbon-removal-from-atmosphere\/<\/a>, https:\/\/iea.blob.core.windows.net\/assets\/deebef5d-0c34-4539-9d0c-10b13d840027\/NetZeroby2050-ARoadmapfortheGlobalEnergySector_CORR.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \nall their pathways and pledges are dependent<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/unfccc.int\/news\/cop26-update-to-the-ndc-synthesis-report<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nonly a bleak 2 per cent<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/www.iea.org\/news\/with-only-2-of-governments-recovery-spending-going-to-clean-energy-transitions-global-emissions-are-set-to-surge-to-an-all-time-high<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nhighest level since the presidency of George W. Bush<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-business-science-environment-and-nature-6ac8ff49970e4b052489678b40e3ba82.<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \ncoal-fired electricity reached an all-time high<\/q>
    \n    \thttps:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/global-2021-coal-fired-electricity-generation-surges-record-high-2022-07-21\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nsecond-biggest emissions rise ever recorded<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/www.iea.org\/news\/global-carbon-dioxide-emissions-are-set-for-their-second-biggest-increase-in-history<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nsubsidized by $5.9 trillion in 2020<\/q> Parry, I. W. H., et al., Still Not Getting Energy Prices Right: A Global and Country Update of Fossil Fuel Subsidies<\/span><\/cite>, International Monetary Fund working paper, 24 September 2021, https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/Publications\/WP\/Issues\/2021\/09\/23\/Still-Not-Getting-Energy-Prices-Right-A-Global-and-Country-Update-of-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-466004<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \n2 per cent had been invested in green energy<\/q> International Energy Agency, \u2018Sustainable recovery tracker: monitoring progress towards sustainable recoveries from the Covid-19 crisis\u2019<\/cite>, 2021, https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/sustainable-recovery-tracker<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nChina is planning to build forty-three new coal power plants<\/q> Gunia, A., \u2018China is planning to build 43 new coal-fired power plants. Can it still keep its promises to cut emissions?\u2019<\/cite>, Time<\/span>, 20 August 2021, https:\/\/time.com\/6090732\/china-coal-power-plants-emissions\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nexpected to rise by 16 per cent by 2030<\/q> Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement: Synthesis Report<\/span><\/cite>, 17 September 2021, https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/resource\/cma2021_08E.pdf<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nwildfires in 2021 created the equivalent of 6,450 megatonnes of CO2<\/sub><\/q> Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, \u2018Wildfires wreaked havoc in 2021, CAMS tracked their impact\u2019<\/cite>, 6 December 2021, https:\/\/atmosphere.copernicus.eu\/wildfires-wreaked-havoc-2021-cams-tracked-their-impact<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Greta Thunberg All online sources accessed on 24 February 2022 according to climate scientist Peter Kalmus\u2019s calculations Kalmus, P., \u2018Today the world\u2019s biggest carbon capture facility turned on\u2019, Twitter, 9 September 2021, https:\/\/techstory.in\/orca-worlds-largest-carbon-capturing-facility-just-opened-in-iceland\/, https:\/\/www.businessinsider.nl\/the-worlds-biggest-carbon-removal-plant-just-opened-in-a-year-itll-negate-just-3-seconds-worth-of-global-emissions\/. we are talking about turning them into several weeks Every year we currently emit around 42GT of CO2. That means ca…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":148,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-essay.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-264","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}