Can updated climate pledges limit warming well below 2°C?
Science
.
2021 Nov 5;374(6568):693-695.
doi: 10.1126/science.abl8976.
Epub 2021 Nov 4.
Authors
Yang Ou
1
,
Gokul Iyer
1
,
Leon Clarke
2
,
Jae Edmonds
1
,
Allen A Fawcett
3
,
Nathan Hultman
2
4
,
James R McFarland
3
,
Matthew Binsted
1
,
Ryna Cui
2
,
Claire Fyson
5
,
Andreas Geiges
5
,
Sofia Gonzales-Zuñiga
6
,
Matthew J Gidden
5
7
,
Niklas Höhne
8
9
,
Louise Jeffery
6
,
Takeshi Kuramochi
8
10
,
Jared Lewis
11
12
13
,
Malte Meinshausen
11
12
13
,
Zebedee Nicholls
11
12
13
,
Pralit Patel
1
,
Shaun Ragnauth
3
,
Joeri Rogelj
7
14
,
Stephanie Waldhoff
1
,
Sha Yu
1
,
Haewon McJeon
1
Affiliations
1
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
2
Center for Global Sustainability, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
3
US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA.
4
US Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, USA.
5
Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany.
6
NewClimate Institute, Berlin, Germany.
7
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
8
NewClimate Institute, Cologne, Germany.
9
Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
10
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
11
Australian-German Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
12
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
13
Climate Resource, Northcote, Victoria, Australia.
14
Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
PMID:
34735225
DOI:
10.1126/science.abl8976
Abstract
Increased ambition and implementation are essential.
Publication types
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.