What Is a Low-Carbon Future?

We feel the impact of climate change on our lives more and more every day. Ever since we discovered that humans are also contributing to global warming, we know that we need to pay attention to the issue of carbon emissions. But to do so is not as easy as it seems at first glance.

The concept of a low-carbon future aimed at reducing the use of carbon continues to gain global popularity. At its core is a focus on achieving a more sustainable world by rapidly moving towards a low-carbon future by reducing emissions of gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect, thereby protecting the quality of life.

What Measures Does a Low-Carbon Future Require?

Reducing the need for carbon-based energy sources is the first step towards a low-carbon future. The ultimate goal is to increase the production of electricity and use this energy more efficiently to meet the energy needs that will arise as a result of the current situation.

Zero emissions are considered the ultimate goal of a low-carbon future, and it becomes imperative for all sectors to minimize their carbon emissions as much as possible. It is not enough to simply cut emissions; our atmosphere needs to be cleaned off the carbon that already exists with the help of technological advances. While technological developments in this regard continue at a rapid pace, we are still in the testing phase.

In summary, two steps below can be taken toward a low-carbon future. First, we must use as little carbon as possible. Second, we must extract the existing carbon from our atmosphere and store it.

Borusan Cat and a Low-Carbon Future

As a brand that takes on the duty of "We Create Solutions for a Better World", we attach great importance to sustainable development under the auspices of Borusan Cat. Moreover, we place this issue at the center of all our decisions. That's why we continue to produce and implement projects for a low-carbon future. We prioritize energy saving in the manufacturing sector and focus on maximizing the running time of existing parts and construction machines. In this way, we simultaneously save production energy and provide our customers with benefits that we hope to use in a low-carbon future.

With Borusan Cat Exchange, we buy back our customers' used products, refurbish them at our Rebuild Centers, put our signature of quality on them, and let them be reused. We are leveraging our assets and making recycling a business model.

With our Boom 360 app, we identify faults in our work machines by the sound they make and offer sustainable solutions to our customers. We allow them to repair, instead of buying.

Müneccim, powered by artificial intelligence, collects data, analyzes it, and detects a malfunction before it happens. Thus, we prevent the waste of resources.

We at Borusan Cat continue to take steps towards electrification for a low-carbon future. We continue our investments, especially in the field of solar energy, and strive to ensure maximum efficiency in this regard. In addition, we are closely monitoring global low-carbon energy alternatives and assessing their potential.

What Is a Low-Carbon Economy?

Six steps towards a low carbon future:

Protection and efficiency: buildings, transport, and industry need to be able to consume less energy.

Decarbonization: we need to reduce carbon use and produce products from renewable energy sources.

Fuel Change: we shall turn to zero-emission renewables instead of fossil fuels.

Waste Reduction: we need to reduce the consumption and release of waste.

Emissions storage: we need to protect and increase areas that naturally absorb carbon, such as forests and fields.

Methane emissions reduction: standards to reduce methane emissions from existing and new uses have to be set.

As we wish to achieve a sustainable low-carbon future, the research carried out in the areas related to these six steps in the coming period is of great importance in the framework of the low-carbon economy. The work done to develop solutions and make them available to the general public through these six steps is vital to our planet.

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