{"id":17627,"date":"2020-07-10T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naider.com\/naiderlab\/la-apuesta-internacional-por-la-neutralidad-co2\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T11:39:03","slug":"the-international-commitment-to-co2-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"naiderlab","link":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/naiderlab\/knowledge\/articles\/the-international-commitment-to-co2-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"the international commitment to CO2 Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/co2-neutrality-1-1024x732-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17168\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the great challenges of our generation is Climate Change, which will bring natural disasters of great magnitude, affecting the health of the population, the balance of ecosystems and the world economy. Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) is the main greenhouse gas and CO<sub>2<\/sub> concentrations in the atmosphere are increasing faster than the international community has been able to to assume. However, the constant fight in favor of the climate has been winning small battles until obtaining the commitment of 121 countries to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 and keep global warming well below 2 \u00b0C (<a href=\"https :\/\/ec.europa.eu\/clima\/policies\/international\/negotiations\/paris_es\">Paris Agreement<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU, for its part, has endorsed this goal and has developed the European Green Deal to, among other things, achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2050. Likewise, many countries, regions and cities have committed to this shared objective and are developing strategies aimed at transforming production and consumption models towards sustainable systems with zero net emissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what really is Carbon Neutrality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CO2 neutrality does not mean that you stop emitting\ncarbon into the atmosphere, rather it consists of the emissions that are produced\nare equal to the capacity of forests and oceans to absorb them, that is:\nthere must be a zero balance between emissions and absorption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emissions<\/strong>: produced by the combustion of energy\nfossil fuels in production processes and in the generation of thermal energy and\nelectric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Absorptions<\/strong>: is the capacity of forests to\n(and vegetation in general) in breathing and fixing carbon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, this process of balancing emissions with the\nabsorption lies in the difficulty of reducing current emissions, since they are\nmuch higher than the capacity of the natural environment to absorb them. To level\nstate, an absorption capacity of 11.4% of the emissions was estimated\ntotals in 2018 (<a \u200b\u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.miteco.gob.es\/es\/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental\/temas\/sistema-espanol-de-inventario-sei-\/resumen-inventario-gei- ed2020_tcm30-486322.pdf\">inventory\nNational Emissions<\/a>, 2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forecasts say that to reduce emissions to\na level where the vegetation is capable of kidnapping it, it would be necessary to electrify\n80-90% of the transport sector, that all electricity comes from\nrenewable sources, reduce the loss of thermal energy drastically in the\nresidential sector, among other issues, which represent a structural change\nof the current model of energy use and consumption (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irena.org\/-\/media\/Files\/IRENA\/Agency\/Publication\/2020\/Apr\/IRENA_Global_Renewables_Outlook_2020.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IRENA<\/a> ,\n2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the growing commitment by cities to adopt these\ncommitments, from Naider, we suggest having a monitoring system of\nenergy consumption that allow to evaluate the emissions of the municipality, as well as\ndetermining the capacity of its natural environment to absorb emissions.\nOnce the starting point is known, simulations can be carried out applying\nresults visualization tools, to propose the best strategy\nlooking to the future, always bearing in mind the impact of the transition\nenergy at a supra-municipal level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/co2-simulator-1024x592-1.png\" alt= \"\" class=\"wp-image-17165\"\/><figcaption>CO2 simulator made by Naider.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great challenges of our generation is Climate Change, which will bring natural disasters of great magnitude, affecting the health of the population, the balance of ecosystems and the world economy. 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