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Emissions – the ‘business as usual’ story is misleading

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  • Zeke Hausfather
  • Glen P. Peters

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Stop using the worst-case scenario for climate warming as the most likely outcome — more-realistic baselines make for better policy.

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  • Zeke Hausfather & Glen P. Peters, 2020. "Emissions – the ‘business as usual’ story is misleading," Nature, Nature, vol. 577(7792), pages 618-620, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:577:y:2020:i:7792:d:10.1038_d41586-020-00177-3
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00177-3
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