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IEA deadlines: Impossible as they are to implement, more is demanded now – 16 Aug 2021

Aug 16, 2021

These are timelines given by the IEA to achieve emission control targets
82021: ban on further developing new oil and gas fields, opening new coal mines, expanding existing coal mines, authorizing the construction of new coal-fired power stations
82025: ban on the further sale of fossil fuel boilers
82030: abandonment of coal in "advanced" economies; install 1,020 GW of solar and wind power each year; reach 60 per cent of electric vehicles in new car sales; achieve carbon neutrality for all new buildings
82035: 100 per cent zero-emission electricity production in all "advanced" economies; end of the sale of cars with internal combustion engines; 50 per cent of new trucks are electric
82040: worldwide, closure of all coal- and oil-fired power stations; achieve totally zero-net-emission electricity production; in aviation, achieve 50 per cent low-emission fuels
82045: 50 per cent of heat needs are met by heat pumps
82050: reach 70 per cent of electricity from solar and wind power; 85 per cent of buildings are adapted to zero-carbon; over 90 per cent of heavy industrial production (cement, steel, petrochemicals) is low-emission
Impossible as these timelines may be, there is now increasing criticism of these timelines as well

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