Below2C | Primary Source, Clean Energy Canada | Merran Smith, Author at Below 2C

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Below2°C is premised on the overwhelming consensus that we must not exceed two degrees Celsius of global warming. The Paris Agreement’s “central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.”

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The Good Disruption: When Transportation Goes Electric and Autonomous

Below2C | Primary Source, Tony Seba | @tonyseba

A disruption happens when a new technology makes it possible for companies to do two things: create new products that open up new markets and transform or destroy existing ones at the same time. And this is happening right now. As transportation goes electric, we are witnessing the beginning of the end of the combustion... Read more

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Will Canada Miss The Electric Bus?

Below2C | Primary Source, Clean Energy Canada | Merran Smith

A report from Clean Energy Canada, Will Canada Miss the Bus? warns that Canada runs the risk of “missing the bus” on a massive economic and environmental opportunity. Electric buses do two things: they cut pollution and they are an economic gold mine as the world demand for E-buses skyrockets. As Executive Director of Clean Energy... Read more

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Batteries Are Driving The Clean Energy Transition

Rolly Montpellier @Below2C_

“Batteries are critical for our clean energy future. Luckily, their cost has dropped so low, we might be much closer to this future than we previously thought,” claims Eric Holthaus in his recent Grist article. Battery technology is improving at an unprecedented rate thereby speeding up the low-carbon energy transition at a much needed time... Read more