{"id":60625,"date":"2022-04-05T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T21:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=60625"},"modified":"2022-04-05T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:06:32","slug":"ipcc-climate-report-mb2421","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/","title":{"rendered":"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IPCC<\/p>\n

Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond humanity’s reach says a new IPCC report.<\/p>\n

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group III (WG III) report released last night indicates it’s a “now or never” moment if global warming is to be limited to 1.5\u00b0C.\u00a0 This means achieving net zero carbon dioxide emissions globally in the early 2050s, and for a less ambitious 2\u00b0C, this will need to occur in the early 2070s.<\/p>\n

2070’s? That seems a really long way off and plenty of time to faff about. But this still requires global greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 at the latest, and be reduced by 43% by 2030. That makes the challenge rather more daunting and even achieving the 2\u00b0C target means plenty of climate change related woes in store.<\/p>\n

But it’s not all bad news.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at a crossroads. The decisions we make now can secure a liveable future,” said IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee. “We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These decisions involve substantial reduction in fossil fuel use, broad electrification, enhanced energy efficiency, and use of alternative fuels such as hydrogen. The report indicates wind and solar energy can provide the biggest potential reductions to greenhouse gas emissions through pushing out fossil fuels. It also notes solar PV is increasingly competitive with other forms of electricity generation and is the low-cost option in many applications.<\/p>\n

“In many parts of the world, the cost of electricity from PV is below the cost of electricity generated from fossil fuels, and in some, it is below the operating costs of electricity generated from fossil fuels (high confidence).”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While progress has been made, the report states<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Emissions reductions in CO2 from fossil fuels and industrial processes, due to improvements in energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy, have been less than emissions increases from rising global activity levels in industry, energy supply, transport, agriculture and buildings.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The press release<\/a> regarding the report notes financial flows are a factor of three to six times lower than levels needed by 2030 to limit warming to even below 2\u00b0C – but this can be addressed with clear signalling from governments and the international community.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Back At The Australian Coal Ranch …<\/h2>\n

Australia has a bunch of experience in exporting climate change related misery to the world in the form of fossil fuels. It’s often said Australia’s contributions to greenhouse gas emissions are minuscule, but often forgotten is what we export.<\/p>\n

The Resources and Energy Quarterly for March 2022<\/a> indicates while Australian thermal coal exports dropped from 213 million tonnes in 2019\u201320 to 192 million tonnes in 2020\u201321, this is expected to recover back to a 204\u2013207 million tonne range over 2021-22.<\/p>\n

Like a drug dealer in territory where competition is somewhat limited, we’re really cashing in at the moment. Surging prices are expected to push our thermal coal export values to a peak of $45 billion in 2021\u201322.<\/p>\n

Another impact of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the expected delay of some coal power station closures and may lead to some closed plants being temporarily re-opened. Still, the bigger picture for coal power isn’t particularly rosy – and that’s good news. But whether it will happen fast enough to help prevent us falling over the climate edge remains to be seen, and is why pressure needs to be kept up – because who knows what’s going to happen next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond humanity’s reach says a new IPCC report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":60626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond reach says a new IPCC report\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond reach says a new IPCC report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-04T21:30:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-05T00:06:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-04T21:30:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-05T00:06:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/\"},\"wordCount\":589,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar & Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/\",\"name\":\"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions - SolarQuotes Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-04T21:30:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-05T00:06:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond reach says a new IPCC report\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"IPCC climate report\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar & Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions - SolarQuotes Blog","description":"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond reach says a new IPCC report","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions","og_description":"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond reach says a new IPCC report","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2022-04-04T21:30:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-05T00:06:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions","datePublished":"2022-04-04T21:30:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-05T00:06:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/"},"wordCount":589,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar & Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/","name":"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions - SolarQuotes Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-04T21:30:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-05T00:06:32+00:00","description":"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across the board, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C will be beyond reach says a new IPCC report","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"IPCC climate report"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ipcc-climate-report-mb2421\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar & Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"IPCC: Humanity At A Crossroads On Emissions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ipcc-climate-report.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-fLP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52825,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/taylor-emissions-ipcc-mb2109\/","url_meta":{"origin":60625,"position":0},"title":"Taylor Happy With Australia’s Emissions Reduction Efforts","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"We could all do with some good news - but unfortunately the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn't deliver it. In a nutshell, things are going to shit and there's a lot of damage already locked in. \"Global warming of 1.5\u00b0C and 2\u00b0C will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taylor-emissions-ipcc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taylor-emissions-ipcc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taylor-emissions-ipcc.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taylor-emissions-ipcc.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taylor-emissions-ipcc.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24907,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/bylong-coal-mine-mb0779\/","url_meta":{"origin":60625,"position":1},"title":"Bylong Coal Mine May Proceed","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"IPCC report be damned. The NSW Government is pushing ahead with approving a major coal mine at Bylong. The project involves the construction and operation of an open cut and underground coal mine in the Bylong Valley, approximately 55 km north-east of Mudgee in New South Wales. It would see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bylong coal mine fears","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bylong-coal-mine.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bylong-coal-mine.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bylong-coal-mine.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bylong-coal-mine.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31899,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/moodys-report-climate-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":60625,"position":2},"title":"Moody’s Economic Report On Climate Change: $100 Trillion In Economic Damage By 2100","author":"Ronald Brakels","date":"August 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Attention, fellow capitalists!\u00a0 Our god, the Moody's rating agency, has put out a report on the economic effects of climate change and -- in return for a small fee -- I will tell you all about it.\u00a0 Just put $50 in an envelope and mail it to me and then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Solar and the Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Solar and the Environment","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-and-the-environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Moody's Economic Report On Climate Change","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100-trillion.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5444,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/global-co2-emissions-stall-economy-grows-thanks-renewables\/","url_meta":{"origin":60625,"position":3},"title":"Global CO2 Emissions Stall, Economy Grows, Thanks To Renewables","author":"Staff Writer","date":"March 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting news from two separate studies from different agencies this week folks. The first \u2014 from the International Energy Agency (IEA) \u2014 found that carbon emissions have stalled worldwide for the second year in a row. The second, from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), outlined the associated benefits of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economics Of Solar"","block_context":{"text":"Economics Of Solar","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/economics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"power station with solar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/co2emissions-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/co2emissions-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/co2emissions-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16695,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/2017-carbon-emissions-mb0301\/","url_meta":{"origin":60625,"position":4},"title":"2017’s Emissions Projections “A Step Back For Humankind”","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"November 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"After three years of nearly no growth, global carbon dioxide emissions attributable to fossil fuels and industry are expected to reach around 37 billion tonnes in 2017, up 2%. The 2017 Global Carbon Budget, published by the Global Carbon Project (GCP), was produced by 76 scientists from 57 research institutions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Carbon dioxide emissions on the rise","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/coal-carbon-emissions.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/coal-carbon-emissions.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/coal-carbon-emissions.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/coal-carbon-emissions.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52020,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-sbti-mb2074\/","url_meta":{"origin":60625,"position":5},"title":"Trina Solar Joins Science Based Targets Initiative","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Chinese solar panel manufacturing giant Trina Solar says it has formally joined the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Producing solar cells and panels is a pretty energy intensive business[1. But not so intensive that the energy consumed in making a solar panel is more than the panel will produce\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trina Solar - SBTi","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/trina-solar-sbti.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/trina-solar-sbti.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/trina-solar-sbti.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/trina-solar-sbti.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/trina-solar-sbti.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60625"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60630,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60625\/revisions\/60630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}