To save us from climate change, give technology a wider role

The author advocates for maximizing the role of both current and future technologies to arrest climate change, suggesting that technological innovation can overcome potential failures in political will during international negotiations like COP21. The text highlights the importance of the World Economic Forum's white paper, "Scaling Technologies to Decarbonize Energy," which examines a range of solutions from wind and solar to advanced nuclear and carbon scrubbing.

• There is a risk that COP21 may fail to agree on effective actions because of geopolitical power struggles or fragile political will.
• To combat climate change, it is necessary to fully recognize and maximize the contributions of innovative technologies to decarbonize the energy system.
• Effective decarbonization technologies include current sources like wind, solar, energy-efficient buildings, and industrial processes, as well as future innovations such as advanced nuclear reactors, hydrogen technologies, carbon scrubbing, and advanced power storage.
• Prior to COP21, 150 countries had submitted Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which together account for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

APA

Masuda, T. (2015). To save us from climate change, give technology a wider role. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/emerging-technologies/to-save-us-from-climate-change-give-technology-a-wider-role/

Chicago

Masuda, Tatsuo. To save us from climate change, give technology a wider role. World Economic Forum, 2015. https://www.weforum.org/stories/emerging-technologies/to-save-us-from-climate-change-give-technology-a-wider-role/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{masuda2015save, author = {Masuda, Tatsuo}, title = {{To save us from climate change, give technology a wider role}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2015}, month = oct, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/emerging-technologies/to-save-us-from-climate-change-give-technology-a-wider-role/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }