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Fossil fuel divestment or fossil fuel divestment and investment in climate solutions is an attempt to reduce climate change by exerting social, political, and economic pressure for the institutional divestment of assets including stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments connected to companies involved in extracting fossil fuels.
CAFE—Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (US) CAISO—California Independent System Operator Corporation, a regional transmission organization. (US) CAM—Compact Auxiliary Module; CAP—Capacity market programs —Climate Action Plan; CAPM—Capital asset pricing model; CARB—California Air Resources Board; CBL—Customer Baseline Load [1]
Estimating the remaining fossil fuels on the planet depends on a detailed understanding of Earth's crust. With modern drilling technology, wells can be drilled in up to 3 km of water to verify the exact composition of the geology; but half of the ocean is deeper than 3 km, leaving about a third of the planet beyond the reach of detailed analysis.
The front-page story "Why is it so hot?" answers the question incorrectly. If we continue to burn fossil fuels, things will only get worse.
A fuel is a substance used as a source of energy, usually by the heat produced in combustion. The List of energy topics compiles various energy technologies and issues. Subcategories
Carbon lock-in refers to the self-perpetuating inertia created by large fossil fuel-based energy systems that inhibits public and private efforts to introduce alternative energy technologies. Related to the concept of technological lock-in , the concept is most used in relation to the challenge of altering the current energy infrastructure to ...
The new version of the deal that could be agreed in Glasgow was released on Friday morning.
Talks are due to finish on Friday evening but look set to overrun as negotiators wrangle over issues.