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Aligning corporate greenhouse-gas emissions targets with climate goals

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  • Oskar Krabbe

    (Ecofys
    Utrecht University)

  • Giel Linthorst

    (Ecofys)

  • Kornelis Blok

    (Ecofys
    Delft University of Technology)

  • Wina Crijns-Graus

    (Utrecht University)

  • Detlef P. van Vuuren

    (Utrecht University
    PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)

  • Niklas Höhne

    (Ecofys
    Wageningen University, Environmental Systems Analysis Group
    Present addresses: NewClimate Institute, Am Hof 20, 50676 Cologne, Germany.)

  • Pedro Faria

    (CDP)

  • Nate Aden

    (WRI
    University of California, Energy & Resources Group)

  • Alberto Carrillo Pineda

    (WWF International)

Abstract

Corporations need to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions to help avoid dangerous climate change. A new method for setting emissions targets, which can also be used to assess corporate climate performance and increase accountability, is proposed.

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  • Oskar Krabbe & Giel Linthorst & Kornelis Blok & Wina Crijns-Graus & Detlef P. van Vuuren & Niklas Höhne & Pedro Faria & Nate Aden & Alberto Carrillo Pineda, 2015. "Aligning corporate greenhouse-gas emissions targets with climate goals," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(12), pages 1057-1060, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:12:d:10.1038_nclimate2770
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2770
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