Imperial College London finds ways to reduce climate change through tech

In the UK, an analysis, by a cross-departmental team of scientists, engineers and economists at Imperial College London, considers the technologies required, and associated energy system costs, of limiting global energy-related CO2 emissions to about 15 Gt in 2050. The analysis uses models representing the electricity, transport, buildings and industry sectors of each of ten world regions, employing estimates of future energy demand and feasible rates of uptake of low-carbon technologies to assess how the world’s energy system will change by 2050.

The analysis considers different levels of future fossil fuel prices, as well as different deployment constraints on low-carbon technologies in the electricity sector, to give a range of cost estimates of mitigation towards the 2 degrees Celsius goal.