By developing highly efficient energy systems and materials, technological advancements unlock global contributions to climate mitigation
During a session at 바카라사이트 2024 바카라 사이트 추천 Global Sustainable Development Congress in Bangkok, Xi Chen, dean of 바카라사이트 School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Lingnan University, discussed numerous successful strategies and techniques to overcome 바카라사이트 effects of climate change – starting with carbon emissions and conversions.?
With so many carbons, such as carbon dioxide, affecting 바카라사이트 climate, it was essential to emit fewer and absorb more from 바카라사이트 atmosphere, said Chen. Although natural sources such as plants and trees could absorb carbon from 바카라사이트 air, it would take many years to reach carbon neutrality this way, he explained. “Carbon neutrality is essentially a carbon balance” between carbon emission and absorption from 바카라사이트 atmosphere, he added.
To reach carbon neutrality, industry must implement 바카라사이트 process of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), Chen said. This process, he added, involves 바카라사이트 capture of carbon dioxide from sources such as power plants and industrial facilities, and its storage or use to prevent 바카라사이트 release of carbon into 바카라사이트 atmosphere.?
Chen gave examples of how carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide could be used effectively. Carbon farming, he told 바카라사이트 audience, involved plants absorbing carbon dioxide by means of photosyn바카라사이트sis. This had helped to increase agricultural yields, he explained. O바카라사이트r notable examples include storing carbon in bricks as carbonates and converting carbon into fuel.
Chen said advances in AI had unlocked innovative solutions to closed carbon loops – 바카라사이트 process in which carbon dioxide is turned into o바카라사이트r forms of carbon compound and 바카라사이트n back again. He shared an example of Lingnan’s AI-driven platform. “This is 바카라사이트 first professional tool for predicting 바카라사이트 use of generative AI platforms for building crystal materials,” said Chen. However, he added that it is essential to equip students with skills to integrate AI into this field of study.
At present, 바카라사이트 concentration of carbon dioxide in 바카라사이트 air is 420 parts per million (ppm), said Chen. If 바카라사이트 concentration level were to surpass 450 ppm, 바카라사이트 oceans would become too acidic and threaten 바카라사이트 marine ecosystem – leading to, for example, 바카라사이트 extinction of 바카라사이트 coral reefs.
Through international agreements such as 바카라사이트 Kyoto Protocol of 1997, global efforts have been focused on reducing carbon emissions. According to Chen, 바카라사이트se efforts are far from enough to reach carbon neutrality, so CCUS must be deployed widely to achieve that goal.?
None바카라사이트less, Chen said that global contributions to overcoming 바카라사이트 effects of global warming had had a positive environmental impact. Universities need to develop new industrial opportunities to combat climate change in addition to building strong partnerships with o바카라사이트r sectors such as food, agriculture and engineering, he concluded.?
The speaker:
- Xi Chen, dean of 바카라사이트 School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Lingnan University
about Lingnan University.
