Global carbon emissions hit a new high. How can we treat both the symptoms and the root causes?

Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018, according to a new forecast by foreign scientists.

A few years ago, global carbon emissions were flat and people thought they were largely under control. But before anyone could congratulate themselves, global carbon emissions rose again by 1.6 percent in 2017. To this end, governments around the world have formulated emission reduction measures, held the global climate conference, adjust the energy structure, levy carbon tax, announced the fuel car withdrawal schedule, in order to control the growth of carbon emissions......

However, the ideal plump, the reality is skinny! According to the latest forecast report, carbon emissions are expected to increase by 2.7% in 2018, which is not only not under control, but also a record high! The 2019 carbon emission task is even more daunting. When people realize the severity of carbon emissions, and take measures to expect these problems to be able to welcome a change, why the growth rate of carbon emissions is still not alleviated, behind the new record, what is the correct solution to alleviate climate warming?

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Fossil energy is still dominant, and the use of new energy is urgent

At present, with the rapid development of the global economy, the industrialized society's demand for energy supply is also growing. Behind the economic drive for energy demand, the global carbon emissions are increasing, the climate is warming, environmental pollution is becoming increasingly serious, and the contradiction between energy supply and demand of various countries is also becoming increasingly prominent.

In terms of environment, the warming caused by carbon emissions will lead to the melting of glaciers, threatening the living environment of human beings. Coastal cities such as Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Sydney and some island nations will disappear from land by 2050 as sea levels rise at current carbon emissions and warming rates, scientists predict.

From the perspective of economic development, the contradiction between energy supply and demand will restrict the economic development of all countries and seriously hinder the development of industrial society. In the background of coal, oil, natural gas and other traditional energy constantly reduced, new energy to replace traditional energy has become an inevitable trend!

At present, behind the rapid economic growth, China is the largest carbon emitter, and the United States is the second largest. In 2018, in particular, emissions in the United States increased by 2.5 percent, while countries such as the European Union still reduced their emissions by less than 1 percent after implementing measures. Behind these harsh realities, countries are still dependent on traditional petrochemical energy. In the current energy structure, petrochemical energy and coal still occupy the dominant position, although part of the renewable energy has made some achievements, and formed a certain scale, but to change the current energy structure, achieve considerable development, new energy still has a long way to go and has a broad space for development!

It is estimated that the solar energy radiated to the earth every year is 1.78 billion kilowatts, of which 50 to 100 billion kilowatts can be exploited and utilized; The high-temperature geothermal energy resources above 150℃ within a depth of 3 km on the land of the world are equivalent to 1.4 million tons of standard coal. The world's wind potential is about 350 gigawatts; Ocean energy includes tidal energy, wave energy, temperature difference energy and so on. There are also considerable reserves on earth...

All these data show the broad development space and important position of new clean energy in the future energy market. However, due to the technology is still not mature enough, the development cost is still high, countries attach different importance to energy and different policies, the current traditional energy structure has not been changed, the proportion of new energy in the energy structure is still very low.