Harnessing the power of the Stars Fusion Energy for a Sustainable Future
Scientists, environmentalists, and world leaders are continuously focusing their attention on finding a solution to the abatement of anthropogenic climate change, resulting from the rapid rise in greenhouse gas emissions, which are threatening the planet’s ecosystems.In the last century, our planet has undergone a drastic rise in temperature, 1.1°C since the pre-industrial period (1850-1900). Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry totaled 37.01 billion metric tons in 2023.Emissions are projected to have risen 1.08 percent in 2024 to reach a record high of 37.41 billion metric tons. Since 1990, global CO2 emissions have increased by more than 60 percent. The major threats of climate change include water conflicts, agricultural disruptions, increased natural disasters, risks to critical infrastructure, economic instability, widening inequality, public health threats, resource-related geopolitical conflicts, and risks to the planet’s biodiversity.
The electricity and transportation sectors together account for about half of the global emissions and that is why the main focus is on transiting these two economic sectors from fossil fuel to renewables to reach net zero. With the corresponding contribution of Coal, Methane, Nitrous oxide and Fluorinated gases in total greenhouse gases emissions as 76%, 16%, 6% and 2%, global warming has started to exhibit its adverse impact across the globe. The detrimental outcomes of climate change on different sectors of society are increasingly visible globally. The threat is expected to grow most likely in a nonlinear way until the world achieves transitions to a net zero economy which is one of humankind’s greatest challenges. The historic Paris Agreement (COP21) has set out a global framework to mitigate climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. It marked the beginning of a shift towards a net zero emission world.