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Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets

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  • Benjamin M. Sanderson

    (The National Center for Atmospheric Research)

  • Reto Knutti

    (The National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich)

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Political upsets could stall coordinated international mitigation action, but emissions and investments over the next few years will have long-term consequences. Any delays to mitigation or cuts to renewable energy research by the US will likely render the 2 °C target unachievable if a global precedent is set.

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  • Benjamin M. Sanderson & Reto Knutti, 2017. "Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(2), pages 92-94, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1038_nclimate3193
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3193
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    1. Ángel Galán-Martín & Daniel Vázquez & Selene Cobo & Niall Dowell & José Antonio Caballero & Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, 2021. "Delaying carbon dioxide removal in the European Union puts climate targets at risk," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Merrill, Ryan K. & Orlando, Anthony W., 2020. "Oil at risk: Political violence and accelerated carbon extraction in the Middle East and North Africa," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    3. Wen-Chi Yang & Wen-Min Lu & Alagu Perumal Ramasamy, 2021. "International Environmental Efficiency Trends and the Impact of the Paris Agreement," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-16, July.

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