Incremental improvements of 2030 targets insufficient to achieve the Paris Agreement goals

This study analyses the significance of sticking to the 1.5°C temperature goal when devising new NDCs under the Paris Agreement in order to avoid severe climate impacts.

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Date Published
2020, August 03

Authors
Andreas Geiges, Alexander Nauels, Paola Yanguas Parra, Marina Andrijevic, William Hare, Peter Pfleiderer, Michiel Schaeffer, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

Journal
Earth System Dynamics

Incremental improvements of 2030 targets insufficient to achieve the Paris Agreement goals
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Sticking to 1.5°C would halve severe climate impacts, GDP losses in tropical countries – study