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Solving the Climate Challenge Prof. Daniel Cohan, Rice University January 12, 2018
Earth is Warming 1°C warming from 20 th century average. Warming 0. 17°C per decade. Create your own time trends or spatial plots of temperature anomalies: https: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/cag/time-series/global 2
We can see Earth warming • Carbon Visuals global CO 2 video • Carbon budget, CO 2 concentration, and temperature animation • Arctic sea ice animation
We (via greenhouse gases) are causing it Radiative forcing since 1750 IPCC 2013 Also, see Bloomberg: What’s really warming the world
Warming is a problem
Warming may intensify hurricanes and floods • • Harvey-scale rain 6 x as likely (Emanuel, 2017) More severe but not more frequent hurricanes Precipitation increases ~7% per 1°C More extremes of rain and drought • Change in jet stream? – Rice HERE study
Risk = Hazard * Exposure * Vulnerability What we control via emissions Hazard Impacts What we control via adaptation and preparedness Article in The Conversation by Dessler, Cohan, and Hayhoe connecting this to Hurricane Harvey 7
What is the “climate challenge” we must solve to reduce the hazard? • Analogy to setting goals for diet and weight
How do we set goals for weight? Target Outcomes Actions and Offsets Targets by Component Target Measurement Target: Overall Consumption
How do we set goals for climate? Target Outcomes Actions and Offsets Target Measurement Targets: Emissions by Component Target: Emissions Overall
What goal to target? • Temperature goal – Pro: Tangible, can rally around it – Con: Uncertain how to reach it • Emissions goal – Pro: Can design control strategies – Con: Uncertain outcomes • PBS video: Why 2°C is the magic number
Goal of Paris Climate Agreement • “Global temperature rise this century well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1. 5°C”
Uncertainty in emissions limit to achieve T goal If our aim is 2°C, our remaining budget varies widely with models (bracket shows budget for 50% of models) IPCC 2013 13
Emissions pathways likely to achieve the Paris goal
1. 5 - 2°C means leaving most fossils in the ground 15
Paris Climate Pledges: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
Paris 2020’s pledges are insufficient ore ef s ari P B With Paris 2°C 1. 5°C 17
U. S. Paris emissions pledge: 26 -28% by 2025; 80% by 2050 base United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Pathway to U. S. Paris pledge: 80% net emission reduction by 2050 United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
3 Steps to Decarbonize Energy Efficiency Decarboniz e Electricity Electrify as much as possible
1. Efficiency United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Opportunities for Efficiency Rocky Mountain Institute, Reinventing Fire
2. Decarbonize Electricity United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
How to decarbonize electricity: >30 GW/yr new wind + solar; nuclear; CCUS United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Most additions are wind & solar, and most retirements fossil, but turnover slow *Assumes Clean Power Plan, and solar & wind prices 2 x recent actual prices 25
Wind and solar cheaper than fossils, even before subsidies, externalities 26 Lazard, Levelized Cost of Energy, 2017
The “Duck Curve” challenge: Energy demand net of solar (CA spring) Solar Feb 9, 2017 CAISO memo CAISO
With growing solar & abundant hydro, CAISO prices negative some days 2016 CAISO
Solution 1: “Fatten the duck” by reducing baseload NREL
Solution 2: “Flatten the duck” by shifting demand (storage? EVs? ) NREL
Solution 3: Link the ducks Clean Line Energy
High-voltage transmission needed for 20% wind US DOE, 20% Wind Energy by 2030 (executive summary) 32
Texas CREZ reduced curtailments 33 EIA
Wind and solar are complementary Slusarewicz and Cohan, manuscript in preparation
3 a. Electrification United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Opportunities for electrification U. S. Mid-century Deep Decarbonization Strategy
EV batteries are following learning curves similar to solar
UBS expects EVs to reach total cost of ownership parity in 2020’s 38
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
3 b. Low-carbon fuels United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Low carbon fuels in California 41
4. Land Sink enhancement United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Land sink opportunities U. S. Mid-century Deep Decarbonization Strategy
Jim Blackburn, Texas Coastal Exchange concept 44
5. CO 2 Removal Technologies United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Bio-Energy Carbon Capture and Storage National Academies, 2015
6. Non-CO 2 Reductions United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Most important climate treaty before Paris: Montreal Protocol for ozone Kigali Accord 2016 for HFCs 48
U. S. Sources of CH 4 and N 2 O Methane (9% of US ghg emissions) N 2 O (5% of US ghg emissions) 49 US EPA, Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks, 1990 -2011
Limits of focusing on non-CO 2 ghgs Rogelj et al. , PNAS, 2014 50
What policies do we need to drive these changes? United States Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization (White House, Nov. 2016)
Waxman-Markey not enacted, but its caps are being met Emissions (Million Metric Tons CO 2, equiv) • Obama & Mc. Cain campaigned for cap-and-trade, 2008 • Waxman-Markey passed House in 2009; no vote in Senate Actual emissions lower than Waxman-Markey cap 52
Clean Power Plan not implemented, but being achieved Actual, ~1800 in 2017 EIA 2016 EPA projected impact of Clean Power Plan 53
Fuel economy standards tightening, but Trump may seek to weaken 54
Federal tax credits for wind and solar are phasing down 55
State and city pledges 56
State-level Renewable Portfolio Standards www. dsireusa. org / February 2017 ME: 40% x 2017 WA: 15% x 2020* ND: 10% x 2015 MT: 15% x 2015 OR: 50%x 2040* NH: 24. 8 x 2025 MN: 26. 5% x 2025 (IOUs) MA: 15% x 2020(new resources) 6. 03% x 2016 (existing resources) 31. 5% x 2020 (Xcel) (large utilities) SD: 10% x 2015 WI: 10% 2015 IA: 105 MW NV: 25% x 2025* CA: 50% x 2030 VT: 75% x 2032 UT: 20% x CO: 30% by 2020 2025*† (IOUs) *† KS: 20% x 2020 AZ: 15% x NM: 20%x 2020 (IOUs) 2025* NY: 50% x 2030 MI: 15% x 2021*† IN: OH: 12. 5% IL: 25% 10% x x 2026 2025† MO: 15% x 2021 RI: 38. 5% x 2035 CT: 27% x 2020 NJ: 20. 38% RE x 2020 + 4. 1% solar by 2027 PA: 18% x 2021† VA: 15% x 2025† DC NC: 12. 5% x 2021 (IOUs) OK: 15% x 2015 DE: 25% x 2026* MD: 25% x 2020 DC: 50% x 2032 SC: 2% 2021 TX: 5, 880 MW x 2015* 29 States + Washington U. S. Territories HI: 100% x 2045 Renewable portfolio goal * † Guam: 25% x 2035 PR: 20% x 2035 Renewable portfolio standard NMI: 20% x 2016 USVI: 30% x 2025 Extra credit for solar or customer-sited renewables Includes non-renewable alternative resources DC + 3 territories have a Renewable Portfolio Standard (8 states and 1 territories have renewable portfolio goals)
http: //portal. beyond-ratings. com/2016/04/carbon-pricing-world-map/ Carbon pricing policies 58
City actions: Building codes, transit, fleets, smart growth, etc. 59 NREL
Electric fleet vehicles for City of Houston can reduce life cycle emissions Sengupta and Cohan, 2017
Corporate and voluntary efforts 61
Co-benefits of addressing climate change
Water per MWh Water Use Reductions Fthenakis and Kim, 2010
Air quality improvements 64
Ozone from coal power plants Average MDA 8 Ozone Impact (ppb) 65
PM 2. 5 from coal power plants Average DA 24 PM 2. 5 Impact (µg/m 3) 66
Climate and health externalities of coal-fired generation in Texas 67
Conclusions • Global treaties have focused on T targets, but national efforts on emissions • U. S. emissions are declining, but: – Not driven by federal policies – Not fast enough for climate goals • Need linked efforts for efficiency, decarbonized grid, and electrification • Substantial co-benefits for air and health 68