Carbon Restrictions Can Bend the Emissions Curve: Green Insight

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In the science-fiction novel The Ministry for the Future, a devastating heat wave in India kills 20 million people and spurs the creation of a secretive group called the Children of Kali. One of its tactics is to sabotage fossil-fuel powered ships and planes, which forces countries and companies to adopt zero-carbon alternatives to keep the economy ticking.

In reality, the world’s large militarized nations are unlikely to let such a group operate for very long. But the plot illustrates a point that few have fully ...