Will There Be an End to Fossil Fuels, and If So When?

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António Guterres"The phase-out of fossil fuels is essential and inevitable."

Myles Allen"Calls for fossil abstinence aren’t working."

The International Energy AgencyThis decade will be “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era.

Myles Allen"[T]he opportunity of net-zero emissions by 2050... [is] narrow but still achievable."

Myles McCormick"[T]he majority project hydrocarbon usage will remain chunky until at least the middle of the century."Apr 04, 2024

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Fatih Birol"The transition to clean energy is... unstoppable. It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s just a matter of ‘how soon'."

Xi Jinping"We aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060."

Angela Picciariello"We are already on track this decade to produce 460% more coal, 82% more gas, and 29% more oil than would be in line with the 1.5°C warming target."

Steve PyeThere's "optimism that we have a way out. Whether we take it or not is another thing."

Aurelien Saussay"We have essentially the technological readiness to achieve it [the phaseout of fossil fuels]... but the political commitment and investments are not there yet."

Myles Allen"Britain could stop using CO2 entirely... we could just about achieve our goals by 2050."

Catherine Rampell"[T]he U.S. transition away from fossil fuels and into cleaner, renewable forms of energy is a question of when, not if."Jan 02, 2024

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Samantha Gross"Fossil fuels will still be needed for some time in certain sectors."

Myles Allen"The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050."

Thomas Covert"[I]n the absence of substantial greenhouse gas policies, the US and the global economy are unlikely to stop relying on fossil fuels as the primary source of energy."

UN Environment Programme"[G]overnments plan to produce more than twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C."