"The world is beginning to transition to clean, renewable energy for all energy purposes. However, to avoid 1.5°C global warming, we must stop at least 80% of all energy and non-energy fossil fuels and biofuel emissions by 2030 and stop 100% no later than 2050... Transitioning to 100% WWS (wind, water, and solar) energy in 143 countries decreases energy requirements... while adding about 28.6 million more long-term, full-time jobs than are lost. A 100%-WWS-energy economy uses only about 0.65% of the 143-country land area... Thus, transitioning the world entirely from BAU energy (business as usual / fossil fuel) to clean, renewable energy should substantially reduce energy needs, reduce costs, create jobs, reduce air-pollution mortality, and reduce global warming."
Impacts of Green New Deal Energy Plans on Grid Stability, Costs, Jobs, Health, and Climate in 143 Countries. Jacobson et al. 2019.
Learn about Maya Lin’s fifth and final memorial: a multi-platform science based artwork that presents an ecological history of our world - past, present, and future.
Discover ecological histories and stories of former abundance, loss, and recovery on the map of memory.
Learn how we can reduce our emissions and protect and restore species and habitats – around the world.
See how art can help us rethink the problems we face, and give us hope that each one of us can make a difference.
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