Beyond 'dangerous' climate change: emission scenarios for a new world.
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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.Abstract:
The Copenhagen Accord reiterates the international communitys commitment to hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius. Yet its preferred focus on global emission peak dates an...read more
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