An empirical analysis of net-zero emission targets of Canada and the European Union
<h1> </h1><p>This analysis examines the emission trajectories of Canada and the EU27 that purportedly lead to a point of net zero emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050. It is shown that a country’s emission intensities are limited by a lower bound which effectively restricts the re...
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Academy Publishing Center
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Multidisciplinary Adaptive Climate Insights |
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| Online Access: | http://apc.aast.edu/ojs/index.php/MACI/article/view/1252 |
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| Summary: | <h1> </h1><p>This analysis examines the emission trajectories of Canada and the EU27 that purportedly lead to a point of net zero emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050. It is shown that a country’s emission intensities are limited by a lower bound which effectively restricts the reduction to greenhouse gas emissions to a level moderated by a country’s GDP per capita. For Canada, the proposed path to net zero emissions is shown to be technically feasible, but dependent on the deployment of a suite of engineered negative emission technologies none of which have been demonstrated at scale. In the case of the EU27, it is shown that the proposed path to a condition of net zero emissions in 2050 is not a plausible scenario and that emissions of greenhouse gases in that year are likely to be more than three times higher than the level projected by the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Received on, 07 March 2025 </strong></p><p><strong>Accepted on, 10 April 2025 </strong></p><p><strong>Published on, 27 April 2025</strong></p> |
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| ISSN: | 3009-7924 3009-6332 |