Alice Bows

TL;DR: A cumulative emissions framing is used, broken down to Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 nations, to understand the implications of rapid emission growth in nations such as China and India, for mitigation rates elsewhere and suggests little to no chance of maintaining the global mean surface temperature at or below 2°C.

TL;DR: It is increasingly unlikely any global agreement will deliver the radical reversal in emission trends required for stabilization at 450 ppmv carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), and the current framing of climate change cannot be reconciled with the rates of mitigation necessary to stabilize at 550 ppsmv CO2e.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether empirical estimates of greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2008, a period typically modelled within scenario studies, combined with short-term extrapolations of current emissions trends, significantly constrains the 2000-2100 emission pathways.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the potential for harnessing wind power for shipping and demonstrate the significant opportunities for step jump emissions reductions that wind technologies have to offer, highlighting a demand for more detailed studies on socioeconomic and technical barriers to implementation, and providing a basis for research into step-change emissions reductions in the shipping sector.

TL;DR: In this paper, uncertainties, risks, and opportunities associated with four such options are identified and synthesized from the literature, and the analysis finds that the significant risks and uncertainties associated with some options may encourage decision makers to recommit to the 2'°C target as the least unattractive course of action.