Keeping global climate change within 1.5 ºC through net negative electric cities

By Chris Kennedy, Iain D Stewart, Michael I Westphal, Angelo Facchini, and Renata Mele, Current Opinon in Environmental sustainability, 2018, 30:18-25, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.009

The development of net negative electric cities encompasses the three strategies of decarbonizing power supply, energy efficiency and electrification. There is potential to pursue these combined strategies rapidly to hold climate change to within 1.5  ºC. Recent work has identified many cities in developing countries that are ideal for electrification today based on carbon intensity and high access to electricity. Net negative electric cities could be achieved by following a comprehensive policy framework for low carbon investment.