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The Kaya identity spelled out the math that let emissions keep rising
A single equation in a Tokyo conference room made the drivers of global CO2 impossible to ignore - so why did emissions keep rising?
The Kaya identity spelled out the math that let emissions keep rising
In this episode, we lay out the scene and show what the Kaya Identity measured, who built it, and which numbers moved - and did not - as emissions climbed. The episode asks why a perfectly clear accounting of drivers failed to stop the growth in global carbon dioxide.
Person: Yoichi Kaya
Date: 1993
Location: Tokyo
Topic: Kaya Identity (drivers of carbon emissions)
Event: Adoption by the IPCC
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