Committed emissions and the risk of stranded assets from power plants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Committed emissions and the risk of stranded assets from power plants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has the least carbon-intensive electricity sector of any region in the world, as hydropower remains the largest source of electricity. But are current plans consistent with the international climate change goals laid out in the Paris Agreement? In this paper, we...

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Main Authors: Esperanza González-Mahecha, Oskar Lecuyer, Michelle Hallack, Morgan Bazilian, Adrien Vogt-Schilb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
carbon budget
climate change
power sector
stranded assets
Latin America
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5476

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5476

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