Network to Net-Zero

网络到净零

• 批准号: EP/W026082/1
• 负责人: David Worsley
• 金额: $ 17.56万
• 依托单位: Swansea University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FW026082%2F1
• 关键词: Network; Net; Zero

The data is irrefutable, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because of human activity is by far the greatest contributor to global warming. To prevent catastrophic climate change, carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to zero in a relatively short timeframe.Governments globally have accepted and are being led by the science. In the Paris Agreement, the outcome of COP21, governments agreed to achieve a balance between carbon emissions and removal by 2050. These Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are due to be ratified, and anticipated to be extended, at the forthcoming COP26 in Glasgow. This balance of carbon emissions is now commonly known as 'net-zero', achieving net-zero is imperative if we are to limit the rise in global temperature to the 1.5 degC needed to preserve a liveable climate on earth. However, the window to achieve this limit is narrowing, and latest IPCC reports paint a damning picture of our trajectory. The longer we take to get to net-zero the more we will have to do to directly remove CO2 from our atmosphere in an immensely expensive process of climate repair. However, some technologies to tackle net-zero do not yet exist and new innovations are urgently needed, particularly for hard-to-treat 'difficult to decarbonise' activities such as agriculture and energy intensive industries, such as steel, glass, and chemicals. As a result, in May 2021, the Prime Ministers of the UK and India held high level talks regarding climate change and agreed to urgent action and the joint UK-India Roadmap for 2030 has been developed.The UK Committee for Climate change has stated "success requires a globally coordinated effort across the full chain, from basic research to market readiness". Over the next six months, this UK-India led project intends to establish the nucleus of a 'Net Zero Clustering Network' which will span the "full chain" of net-zero stakeholders. The network will identify key people and groups from the UK and India and create clusters of synergistic and complementary net-zero activities across research, innovation, demonstration, and translation. Such actors will include leading academic institutions, key industries, NGOs, green finance, government agencies, and funding organisations. The transition to clean energy across all sectors will be at the network's core, but due to the complex interconnectedness of carbon vectors, other areas such as sustainable secure supplies of water and food are essential underpinning components for delivering equitable net-zero outcomes for society as a whole and cannot be ignored. Complementary areas of network activity will include resource efficiency, carbon capture, and bioenergy, all broadly encompassed within the 'circular regenerative economy' heading. In addition to technology solutions, the network will enhance partnerships with users, private finance institutions, and provide evidence-based recommendations to inform policy and planning.Building on long standing India-UK partnerships, this network intends to maintain and grow its activities and relationship on a long-term basis through a virtual centres approach. This will catalyse high level scientific research collaboration delivering innovation and international net-zero leadership supporting the global efforts on climate change and ambitious outcomes of COP26. In particular, the goals of 'mitigation' and specifically addressing targets to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean power, and to protect and restore nature for the benefit of people and climate. We aim to support those involved with goals around adaptation, specifically in building resilient infrastructure (including electrification of transport) and agriculture, whilst accessing the third goal of green finance. Our ethos is fully aligned to the final goal of 'collaboration', placing the UK and India at the front of this global grand challenge.

数据是无可辩驳的，大气中的二氧化碳，因为人类活动是迄今为止对全球变暖的最大贡献者。为了防止灾难性的气候变化，必须在相对较短的时间内将二氧化碳排放量减少到零。全球各国政府已经接受并正在以科学为指导。在COP 21的成果《巴黎协定》中，各国政府同意到2050年实现碳排放和清除之间的平衡。这些国家自主贡献（NDC）将在即将到来的格拉斯哥COP 26上获得批准，并预计将延长。这种碳排放平衡现在通常被称为“净零”，如果我们要将全球气温上升限制在保持地球宜居气候所需的1.5摄氏度，实现净零是势在必行的。然而，实现这一限制的窗口正在缩小，最新的IPCC报告描绘了我们的轨迹。我们花在达到净零的时间越长，我们就必须在一个非常昂贵的气候修复过程中直接从大气中去除二氧化碳。然而，一些解决净零排放的技术尚不存在，迫切需要新的创新，特别是对于难以处理的“难以脱碳”活动，如农业和能源密集型行业，如钢铁，玻璃和化学品。英国气候变化委员会指出，“成功需要从基础研究到市场准备的全链条的全球协调努力”，因此，2021年5月，英国和印度总理就气候变化举行了高层会谈，并同意采取紧急行动，并制定了2030年英国-印度联合路线图。在接下来的六个月里，这个由英国和印度牵头的项目打算建立一个“净零集群网络”的核心，该网络将覆盖净零利益相关者的“全链”。该网络将确定来自英国和印度的关键人员和团体，并在研究，创新，示范和翻译方面创建协同和互补的净零活动集群。这些参与者将包括领先的学术机构、关键行业、非政府组织、绿色金融、政府机构和资助组织。所有部门向清洁能源的过渡将是该网络的核心，但由于碳载体之间复杂的相互联系，其他领域，如可持续的安全供水和粮食供应，是为整个社会提供公平的净零成果的重要基础组成部分，不容忽视。网络活动的补充领域将包括资源效率、碳捕获和生物能源，所有这些都广泛包含在“循环再生经济”的标题中。除了技术解决方案，该网络还将加强与用户、私人金融机构的伙伴关系，并提供基于证据的建议，为政策和规划提供信息。该网络建立在印度-英国长期合作伙伴关系的基础上，旨在通过虚拟中心的方法长期保持和发展其活动和关系。这将促进高水平的科学研究合作，提供创新和国际净零领导力，支持全球应对气候变化的努力和COP 26的雄心勃勃的成果。特别是，“缓解”目标和具体解决目标，以加快从化石燃料向清洁能源的过渡，并保护和恢复自然，造福人类和气候。我们的目标是支持那些参与适应目标的人，特别是在建设有弹性的基础设施（包括交通电气化）和农业方面，同时实现绿色金融的第三个目标。我们的精神与“合作”的最终目标完全一致，将英国和印度置于这一全球重大挑战的前沿。

项目成果

Effect of anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants with NaF as binary additives on the performance of soluble lead redox flow battery

以NaF为二元添加剂的阴离子、阳离子和非离子表面活性剂对可溶性铅氧化还原液流电池性能的影响

• DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141767
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Electrochimica Acta
• 影响因子: 6.6
• 作者: Rathod S

Tin Sulfide (SnS) Films Deposited by an Electric Field-Assisted Continuous Spray Pyrolysis Technique with Application as Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

• DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03454
• 发表时间: 2022-11-08
• 期刊: ACS OMEGA
• 影响因子: 4.1
• 作者: Mohammad, Tauheed;Alam, Firoz;Sadhanala, Aditya;Upadhyaya, Hari M.;Dutta, Viresh
• 通讯作者: Dutta, Viresh