Countries also en masse state that they are ready to leave fossil fuels and switch to clean energy. In reality, even in developed countries, the challenges are numerous.
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LARASWATI ARIADNE ANWAR
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In this photo taken from video, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Saturday Sept. 25, 2021 at UN headquarters.
KUALA LUMPUR, MONDAY — The campaign to reduce carbon emissions and switch to using clean energy has been echoed in various international forums in the midst of an increasingly critical condition of the Earth. The United Nations analysis reveals that global temperatures will rise 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next five years.
Countries also en masse state that they are ready to leave fossil fuels and switch to clean energy. In reality, even in developed countries, the challenges are numerous.
Malaysia also took part by announcing its carbon reduction commitments. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Monday (27/9/2021) that the development plan for the next five years included the boosting of infrastructure development and carbon reduction. The plan, which sounds paradoxical, according to him, will take advantage of a carbon tax implementation scheme.
"We will make a tax for every greenhouse gas emission from the industry as foreign exchange," he said.
Ismail Sabri announced that by 2030 Malaysia would reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent and stop using coal.
This country is indeed rich in minerals needed to make components of electric batteries and turbines for power generation.
Meanwhile, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), which consists of the United States, India, Japan and Australia, agreed that Australia would process all the minerals needed for semiconductor manufacturing. This country is indeed rich in minerals needed to make components of electric batteries and turbines for power generation.
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Steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China\'s Jiangsu province on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Global shoppers face possible shortages of smartphones and other goods ahead of Christmas after power cuts to meet government energy use targets forced Chinese factories to shut down and left some households in the dark.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that by carrying out all processes domestically, his country could guarantee the methods used are environmentally friendly. However, many criticize the commitment of developed countries to carry out decarbonization because many of their industries are also located in poor and developing countries that produce and are directly affected by emissions.
Coal exports
Reuters news agency, for example, issued an analysis that Australia is included in 15 countries that produce the most carbon in the world. As much as 70 percent of the continent\'s electricity is generated from coal and 55 percent of the world\'s coal is imported from Australia.
For a number of countries, including Australia, coal is the cheapest and fastest alternative for generating electricity. Electricity from coal enables people to enjoy electricity 24 hours a day. However, when
Australia promised to stop using coal domestically, they continued to sell these mining products to other countries.
In winter 2021 alone, electricity demand will increase and the capacity from clean energy will not be sufficient.
In Europe, global business consulting firm Davies Wallis Foysters (DWF) Group predicted an energy crisis would occur if the shift to clean energy took place in a drastic way. In winter 2021 alone, electricity demand will increase and the capacity from clean energy will not be sufficient.
In the Netherlands and Belgium, to be precise in the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp, the purchase of coal for electricity increased 2.6 percent because if the electricity source is fully dependent on natural gas, the price will be very expensive. "Electricity companies are on the stage of simply reducing emissions, but they can\'t get rid of coal," Slava Kiryushin, the head of the Energy Division of DWF Group, told The National.
Kompas
Bob Boyd of Cavert County MD., fishes in front of Pepco\'s Chalk Point power plant located on the Patuxant River March14, 2001 in Prince George\'s County, MD. President George W. Bush abandoned a campaign pledge to impose mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide at electrical power plants. Bush points out that, despite his original stance, carbon dioxide is not a "pollutant" under the Clean Air Act and that, according to a recently released Energy Department report, setting the limit on carbon dioxide emissions "would lead to an even more dramatic shift from coal to natural gas for electric power generation and significantly higher electricity prices.\'
The clean energy paradox does not only occur in the coal sector. Scottish daily The Herald reported that Nauru, a country in Micronesia, is also facing the dilemma of economic development or environmental destruction. A quick way to make money in the country is to mine mineral-rich polymetallic nodules from the coast and seabed. These metals are needed for the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries.
British, Russian, Chinese, Indian and Canadian companies have been allowed by the government of Nauru to mine for the next 15 years. In fact, environmental experts warn, mining destroys marine ecosystems which pushes coral reefs and other marine biota to the brink of extinction. (REUTERS)
