{"id":1030,"date":"2024-11-07T19:37:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T19:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forealis.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1030"},"modified":"2025-01-31T17:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:00:57","slug":"forealis-0-carbon-emissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/forealis-0-carbon-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"World Carbon Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our path on atmospheric carbon started from the emissions side &#8211; but we quickly realized that emissions are not coming down fast enough. For example, the max +1.5 degree target is likely to be crossed already in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illustrative is the timelapse map of world&#8217;s coal use 1959-2023. It visualizes how emissions are not abating but actually increasing.<sup data-fn=\"143dcffe-4d1b-4a20-a45f-03d2329cd6c7\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#143dcffe-4d1b-4a20-a45f-03d2329cd6c7\" id=\"143dcffe-4d1b-4a20-a45f-03d2329cd6c7-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> Whilst CO<sub>2<\/sub> totals from developed nations are flat or declining, they are rapidly increasing in the newly industrializing nations such as China, India, T\u00fcrkiye, Indonesia etc. The reason is simple, the economics of fossil fuel based growth are very attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1af8d68befa&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1af8d68befa\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"533\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Movie_World_COAL_1200.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1681\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, large-scale, economic carbon removal will be absolutely essential. There key questions are: How to do this in large scale and economically? What are the best, viable carbon capture technologies?<\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes has-small-font-size\"><li id=\"143dcffe-4d1b-4a20-a45f-03d2329cd6c7\">The map illustrates coal based carbon dioxide emissions per every 0.1 degree grid on earth for years 1959-2023. <a href=\"#143dcffe-4d1b-4a20-a45f-03d2329cd6c7-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our path on atmospheric carbon started from the emissions side &#8211; but we quickly realized that emissions are not coming down fast enough. For example, the max +1.5 degree target is likely to be crossed already in 2024. Illustrative is the timelapse map of world&#8217;s coal use 1959-2023. It visualizes how emissions are not abating &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/forealis-0-carbon-emissions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Carbon Emissions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1685,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"The map illustrates coal based carbon dioxide emissions per every 0.1 degree grid on earth for years 1959-2023.\",\"id\":\"143dcffe-4d1b-4a20-a45f-03d2329cd6c7\"}]"},"folder":[15],"class_list":["post-1030","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2996,"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1030\/revisions\/2996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forealis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}