Achieving the 1.5°C
Limit of the Paris Agreement: an Assessment of the Adequacy of the Mitigation Measures and Targets of the Respondent States in Duarte Agostinho v Portugal and 32 other States

Date Published 2022, January 07

Authors William Hare, Deborah Ramalope, Matthew Gidden, Claire Fyson, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Inga Menke, Yann Robiou du Pont, Jonas Hörsch, Andreas Geiges, Marie-Camille Attard, Ryan Wilson, Gaurav Ganti, Himalaya Bir Shrestha, Eoin Quill, Marcelo Lozada Gomez

This report provides an overview of the best available science and other key concepts of relevance to the achievement of the 1.5°C limit – i.e., the long-term temperature goal (LTTG) of the Paris Agreement – and assesses the adequacy of the mitigation measures and targets of the 33 Respondent States in Duarte Agostinho v Portugal and 32 other States against the LTTG.