A new scenario logic for the Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal.
Nature
; 573(7774): 357-363, 2019 09.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31534246
ABSTRACT
To understand how global warming can be kept well below 2 degrees Celsius and even 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate policy uses scenarios that describe how society could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. However, current scenarios have a key weakness they typically focus on reaching specific climate goals in 2100. This choice may encourage risky pathways that delay action, reach higher-than-acceptable mid-century warming, and rely on net removal of carbon dioxide thereafter to undo their initial shortfall in reductions of emissions. Here we draw on insights from physical science to propose a scenario framework that focuses on capping global warming at a specific maximum level with either temperature stabilization or reversal thereafter. The ambition of climate action until carbon neutrality determines peak warming, and can be followed by a variety of long-term states with different sustainability implications. The approach proposed here closely mirrors the intentions of the United Nations Paris Agreement, and makes questions of intergenerational equity into explicit design choices.
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Assunto principal:
Temperatura
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Mudança Climática
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Conservação dos Recursos Naturais
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En
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Nature
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article