JJUB - From Carbon To Metals: The Renewable Energy Transition
- Low-carbon technologies use much larger amounts of metal than traditional fossil fuel-based systems.
- The Paris Climate Agreement, which was ratified by 174 countries and the European Union in 2016, aims to keep global warming "well below" 2 degrees Celsius this century and ideally not more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- Energy use must fall sufficiently for mining of new metals to end and renewable energy generation to sustain itself entirely on recycling and reuse of metals and other minerals.
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From Carbon To Metals: The Renewable Energy Transition