Five year commitments for the Paris Agreement: a fundamental issue for below 2°C and 1.5°C
Authors
Bill Hare, Michiel Schaeffer, Carl Schleussner
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The length of Parties’ successive mitigation commitments under the anticipated Paris Agreement is emerging as a fundamental issue. This is because it can greatly impact the ability of the new agreement to achieve the goal of holding the global average temperature increase below a 2°C increase above pre-industrial levels, and returning below a 1.5°C increase above pre-industrial levels by 2100.