Chemistry and pathways to net zero for sustainability
Stephen A. Matlin, Goverdhan Mehta, Sarah Cornell, Alain Krief, Henning Hopf
Abstract
Chemistry has a vital role in enabling the reductions in greenhouse gases, stewardship of material resources and new production processes needed to bring net CO 2 emissions to zero by 2050, keeping within 1.5 °C of global warming.
Topics & Concepts
SustainabilityChemistryStewardship (theology)Greenhouse gasZero (linguistics)Global warmingNet (polyhedron)Global-warming potentialProduction (economics)Natural resource economicsClimate changeEcologyEconomicsMathematicsPoliticsBiologyPolitical scienceLawLinguisticsMacroeconomicsGeometryPhilosophyChemistry and Chemical EngineeringInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine SystemsSustainable Industrial Ecology