Ten Climate Fixes to Catch Up in the Race to Cut Emissions

RMI advocates for a comprehensive transformation of the global economy across ten key fronts to meet the 1.5C climate target. These priorities include increasing political ambition, decarbonizing buildings and transportation, phasing out coal and gas, scaling green hydrogen, and enhancing emissions transparency. The organization emphasizes the need for a three- to six-fold increase in zero-carbon capital investments and the integration of mitigation and adaptation efforts, particularly in the Global South, to ensure an equitable transition.

• To maintain a 1.5C-aligned path, global emissions must peak within three years and be reduced by 50 percent by 2030.
• The transportation sector is identified as a high-impact area for rapid decarbonization because it can achieve the lowest costs per ton of CO2 mitigated.
• Renewable energy and storage are becoming cost-competitive alternatives to fossil fuels, with the capacity to replace 78 percent of existing coal power plants by 2025.
• Green hydrogen is projected to be a cost-ready solution for decarbonizing industry by 2027.
• Achieving the necessary infrastructure rebuild requires increasing zero-carbon capital investments by three to six times.

APA

RMI (2022). Ten Climate Fixes to Catch Up in the Race to Cut Emissions. https://rmi.org/resources/ten-climate-fixes-to-catch-up-in-the-race-to-cut-emissions/

Chicago

RMI. Ten Climate Fixes to Catch Up in the Race to Cut Emissions. 2022. https://rmi.org/resources/ten-climate-fixes-to-catch-up-in-the-race-to-cut-emissions/.

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BibTeX

@misc{rmi2022ten, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Ten Climate Fixes to Catch Up in the Race to Cut Emissions}}, publisher = {RMI}, year = {2022}, month = apr, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/ten-climate-fixes-to-catch-up-in-the-race-to-cut-emissions/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }