Browsing Department of Geography by Author "Zerriffi, Hisham"

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    • Meeting well-below 2°C target would increase energy sector jobs globally 

      Pai, Sandeep; Emmerling, Johannes; Drouet, Laurent; Zerriffi, Hisham; Jewell, Jessica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      To keep global warming well-below 2°C, fossil fuels need to dramatically decline and be replaced by low-carbon energy sources. While the technologies to replace fossil fuels are widely available, support for their expansion ...

    • Solar has greater techno-economic resource suitability than wind for replacing coal mining jobs 

      Pai, Sandeep; Zerriffi, Hisham; Jewell, Jessica; Pathak, Jaivik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-06)
      Coal mining directly employs over 7 million workers and benefits millions more through indirect jobs. However, to meet the 1.5 °C global climate target, coal's share in global energy supply should decline between 73% and ...