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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. Partnering with IRENA, the U.N.,

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). It is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

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President’s Note: Forging Partnerships will Sharpen IEEE’s Edge

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As I shared in the March column, my goal as IEEE president is to work with all members—particularly students, young professionals, and affinity group members—to make IEEE a more successful and resilient global technical organization. I also want the organization to be globally recognized as a force for change.

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Report for IPCC finds renewables could supply up to 77% of global energy by 2050 under most optimistic scenario; need for enabling public policies and investments

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Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. This could contribute towards a goal of holding the increase in global temperature below 2 °C—an aim recognized in the United Nations Climate Convention’s Cancun Agreements. Source: SRREN.

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ICCT: aviation emissions increasing 70% faster than UN projections

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In other words, the climate challenge for aviation is worse than expected. EU ETS), the need for a 2050 climate goal for aviation, and also supersonic emissions. of global CO 2 emissions from global fossil fuel use and a 32% increase over the past five years. That equals 2.4% Source: The ICCT.

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