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Robert Jolly, Johnson Matthey, UK, outlines how clean hydrogen can play a key role in the energy transition, if it is deployed now.
omentum to limit global warming continues to build. Individuals, organisations and governments are seeking methods to implement in order to achieve the targets set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. To limit the global temperature rise to
1.5°C it is essential to reach a net-zero situation for all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Whilst there has been growth in discussion, commitments and policy related to net-zero, there is still a significant gap between the commitments made by countries, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the 1.5 °C pathway. A predicted gap of 29 GTCO2e/yr
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