PriceWaterhouseCoopers: unprecedented cuts in carbon will be required to limit warming
"The target to limit global warming to 2ºC this century appears "highly unrealistic" without "unprecedented" cuts in carbon emissions, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has warned.
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"PwC noted that major EU economies achieved the highest rates of decarbonization in 2010-11, with the UK, Germany and France all reducing carbon intensity by over 6%. 'Both the UK and France witnessed increased generation in low-emissions nuclear power, whereas Germany's exit from nuclear is reflected in its relatively lesser decline in emissions,' PwC said. Carbon emissions in the USA decreased by 1.9% in 2011.
In China and India, the reduction in carbon emissions over the last decade 'appears to have stalled.' PwC suggests that, with their economies set to double by 2020, China and India must stabilize their emissions in order to meet their targets. 'The majority of any new energy demand will have to be met from renewable energy or nuclear and not fossil fuel generation,' it said."
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