Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Actions to Keep Global Warming in 1.5 Degrees

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue explores what would be necessary to avoid >1.5 °C global warming. Obvious solutions include eliminating oil and coal in the next 30 years. To do this, we the use of renewable energy should be increased, but without increasing fine particulate emissions. Novel technologies must also avoid the production of black carbon, and improvements in combustion technology to this end can also be examined. Fugitive gas emissions from natural gas must also be limited; thus, methods to clean up those emissions are also strongly needed. Methods of storing gases, including artificially forming gas hydrates, can be considered. Technologies which provide net zero options are also required. Developing hybrid systems where renewable energy sources are combined with gas firing to deal with the problem of intermittency could also be investigated. Technologies to destroy the formation of nitrous oxide from combustion systems may also be considered in this Special Issue. This Special Issue will also explore gases other than CO₂, CH₄, and in particular N₂O, and species such as fluorinated hydrocarbons and non-carbon-based materials such as NF₃, produced in the electronic industry, in order to assess what possible gains can be made by technologies to reduce their production. Finally, adapting natural-gas-fired systems to use hydrogen, possibly produced by reforming current options, could be considered in this Special Issue. There is no restriction on the type of industry which could be considered, e.g., power, cement, steel, and transportation.

Prof. Dr. Ben J. Anthony
Dr. Paola Ammendola
Guest Editors

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