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News & Views | 09 March 2023

Countries’ long-term climate strategies fail to define residual emissions
- Holly Jean Buck
- , Wim Carton
- & Nils Markusson
Nature Climate Change, 1-3

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06 March 2023 | Open Access

Assessing the feasibility of the Inflation Reduction Act’s EV critical mineral targets

The US Inflation Reduction Act sets that in 2027, for an electric vehicle to be tax-credit eligible, 80% of the market value of critical minerals in its battery must be sourced domestically, from US free-trade partners or from North American recycling. The viability of the target is evaluated for different battery chemistries.
- Jenna N. Trost
- & Jennifer B. Dunn
Nature Sustainability, 1-5
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04 March 2023 | Open Access

China’s electric vehicle and climate ambitions jeopardized by surging critical material prices

Under a high-cost scenario for battery critical materials, the uptake of electric vehicles in China may be greatly reduced, leading to increased cumulative carbon emissions. This may jeopardize both China’s electric vehicle and climate targets.
- Hetong Wang
- , Kuishuang Feng
- & Jiashuo Li
Nature Communications 14, 1246
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03 March 2023 | Open Access

Replacing gas boilers with heat pumps is the fastest way to cut German gas consumption

Installing heat pumps instead of traditional gas boilers for heating purposes could lead to a drastic reduction in the consumption of natural gas in Germany, according to numerical simulations that combine gas and electricity markets
- Pietro P. Altermatt
- , Jens Clausen
- & Matthew Wright
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 56
Research | 02 March 2023

Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas

Natural gas has been seen as a bridge in the move from fossil fuels to cleaner energy. This work presents UK longitudinal survey data showing climate change beliefs increasingly diminish public support for natural gas.
- Darrick Evensen
- , Lorraine Whitmarsh
- & Adam Varley
Nature Climate Change 13, 240-243
Research
23 February 2023 | Open Access

Global Dam Tracker: A database of more than 35,000 dams with location, catchment, and attribute information
- Alice Tianbo Zhang
- & Vincent Xinyi Gu
Scientific Data 10, 111
Research
22 February 2023 | Open Access

Harmonized and Open Energy Dataset for Modeling a Highly Renewable Brazilian Power System
- Ying Deng
- , Karl-Kiên Cao
- & Patrick Jochem
Scientific Data 10, 103

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News & Views | 09 March 2023

Countries’ long-term climate strategies fail to define residual emissions

Achieving net zero means balancing remaining emissions with carbon removal, and understanding the nature and scope of residual emissions is key to planning decarbonized energy and industrial systems. However, our analysis of long-term climate strategies shows that many governments lack clear projections for residual emissions at net zero.
- Holly Jean Buck
- , Wim Carton
- & Nils Markusson
Nature Climate Change, 1-3
Research Highlights | 27 January 2023

Economic reform in Europe
- Silvana Lakeman
Nature Energy 8, 8
News & Views | 09 November 2022

Shared electric scooters and electric bikes can reduce traffic in urban centres

Evidence from a policy experiment shows that public safety bans on electric scooters and electric bikes can generate unintended traffic congestion in city centres. The studied ban is found to increase travel times by 9–11% for daily evening commutes and by 37% following stadium events.

Nature Energy 7, 1013-1014
News & Views | 24 October 2022

Cutting emissions outside borders

Phasing out carbon-intensive energy sources is crucial for meeting climate targets, but the role of natural gas is increasingly uncertain. For natural gas electricity to be on a net-zero trajectory, all countries in the natural gas electricity value chain must make efforts to cut emissions.
- Jasmin Cooper
- & Adam Hawkes
Nature Climate Change 12, 965-966
Research Highlights | 19 October 2022

The price of complexity
- Nicky Dean
Nature Energy 7, 905
Editorial | 16 September 2022

Lights on at any cost

The unfolding energy crisis will have dramatic consequences in many parts of the world, for both people and the planet. Governments should keep that in mind when deciding what to do.

Nature Sustainability 5, 727-728

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Countries’ long-term climate strategies fail to define residual emissions

Latest Research and Reviews

Assessing the feasibility of the Inflation Reduction Act’s EV critical mineral targets

China’s electric vehicle and climate ambitions jeopardized by surging critical material prices

Replacing gas boilers with heat pumps is the fastest way to cut German gas consumption

Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas

Global Dam Tracker: A database of more than 35,000 dams with location, catchment, and attribute information

Harmonized and Open Energy Dataset for Modeling a Highly Renewable Brazilian Power System

News and Comment

Countries’ long-term climate strategies fail to define residual emissions

Economic reform in Europe

Shared electric scooters and electric bikes can reduce traffic in urban centres

Cutting emissions outside borders

The price of complexity

Lights on at any cost

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