Such changes are sometimes called climate tipping points, although they're not as abrupt as that term would suggest. Most will unfold over the course of decades. Some could take centuries. Some may be partially reversible or avoidable. But they all have enormous and lasting implications for the humans, plants and animals on Earth. And they are looming.
A Tipping Point for Women in Tech Here’s hoping.
For years we heard that renewable energy technology was too expensive. Today, solar power is cheaper than grid electricity in China. This is a tipping point. Analysts predict that renewables will be the most affordable global energy source within the decade.
He wrote that high-emitting governments and corporations, were not just turning a blind eye, "they are adding fuel to the flames by continuing to invest in climate-choking industries. Scientists warn that we are already perilously close to tipping points that could lead to cascading and irreversible climate effects."
A new study from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is a reminder that even if the political will to ditch fossil fuels is in short supply, the technology to produce energy that generates zero greenhouse gases is growing more advanced. Scientists there have developed the most efficient means yet of producing hydrogen-based fuel from solar power, a process that mimics natural photosynthesis.
"Until there is a way of pricing in the cost of carbon emissions, these technologies will struggle to compete at a broad level," he told VICE News. "Socially, there are only the challenges of changing over domestic and automotive technologies to this kind of approach; nothing that isn't possible given the right economics."
EVs, which now represent a small portion of vehicles sold, are at a tipping point and are responsible for much of the enthusiasm within capital markets. In the second half of 2020, sales and penetration of passenger EVs accelerated in major markets despite the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. McKinsey projects that worldwide demand for EVs will grow sixfold from 2021 through 2030, with annual unit sales going from 6.5 million to roughly 40 million over that period.1 2ff7e9595c
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