Climate crisis and the energy transition
Warming is not limited by targets but by the pace at which fossil installations are replaced. The bottleneck is rarely the technology; usually it is grids, permits and capital.
What it is
The 1.5-degree goal is a budget, not a date: what is emitted today is missing later.
Why now
Power plants, heating systems and industrial plants built now will run for twenty to forty years.
Levers
Grid expansion and storage, heat pumps in existing buildings, a carbon price with social compensation, faster permitting, green steel and cement.