Persistent growth of CO2 emissions and implications for reaching climate targets

P Friedlingstein, RM Andrew, J Rogelj, GP Peters… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Efforts to limit climate change below a given temperature level require that global emissions
of CO2 cumulated over time remain below a limited quota. This quota varies depending on …

Global energy‐climate scenarios and models: a review

V Krey - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term energy scenarios are an important input to policy‐relevant assessment reports
on climate change such as those produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

The challenge to keep global warming below 2 C

GP Peters, RM Andrew, T Boden, JG Canadell… - Nature Climate …, 2013 - nature.com
The latest carbon dioxide emissions continue to track the high end of emission scenarios,
making it even less likely global warming will stay below 2° C. A shift to a 2° C pathway …

[HTML][HTML] Locked into Copenhagen pledges—implications of short-term emission targets for the cost and feasibility of long-term climate goals

K Riahi, E Kriegler, N Johnson, C Bertram… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of the AMPERE modeling comparison project with focus on
the implications of near-term policies for the costs and attainability of long-term climate …

Consequences of global warming of 1.5 C and 2 C for regional temperature and precipitation changes in the contiguous United States

AV Karmalkar, RS Bradley - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The differential warming of land and ocean leads to many continental regions in the
Northern Hemisphere warming at rates higher than the global mean temperature …

[HTML][HTML] A global stocktake of the Paris pledges: implications for energy systems and economy

T Vandyck, K Keramidas, B Saveyn, A Kitous… - Global environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations-led international climate change negotiations in Paris in
December 2015 (COP21) trigger and enhance climate action across the globe. This paper …

Loss and damage from climate change: local-level evidence from nine vulnerable countries

K Warner, K Van der Geest - International Journal of Global …, 2013 - inderscienceonline.com
Loss and damage is already a significant consequence of inadequate ability to adapt to
changes in climate patterns. This paper reports on the first ever multi-country, evidence …

Economic mitigation challenges: how further delay closes the door for achieving climate targets

G Luderer, RC Pietzcker, C Bertram… - Environmental …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
While the international community aims to limit global warming to below 2 C to prevent
dangerous climate change, little progress has been made towards a global climate …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon lock-in through capital stock inertia associated with weak near-term climate policies

C Bertram, N Johnson, G Luderer, K Riahi… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2015 - Elsevier
Stringent long-term climate targets necessitate a limit on cumulative emissions in this
century for which sufficient policy signals are lacking. Using nine energy-economy models …

The role of negative CO2 emissions for reaching 2 °C—insights from integrated assessment modelling

DP Van Vuuren, S Deetman, J van Vliet… - Climatic Change, 2013 - Springer
Limiting climate change to 2° C with a high probability requires reducing cumulative
emissions to about 1600 GtCO 2 over the 2000–2100 period. This requires unprecedented …