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'Optimistic but realistic': Is net zero transport and industry globally really achievable by 2060?

Michael Holder

19 November 2018 •

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Energy Transitions Commission's latest research sets out a blueprint for decarbonising plastics, cement, shipping, aviation, and steel by 2060, but is its optimism justifiable

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) alarming recent report on how to keep global temperature increases below 1.5C injected both greater urgency and clarity into the drive to deliver...

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