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Homepage > Publications > Inconsistencies when applying novel metrics for emissions accounting to the Paris agreement 11 December, 2019 Inconsistencies when applying novel metrics for emissions accounting to the Paris agreementAuthors Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Alexander Nauels, Michiel Schaeffer, William Hare, Joeri Rogelj First publishedShare Publications Addressing challenges in the land sector under the Paris AgreementThis report examines how loose land-sector rules under the Paris Agreement enable countries to overstate carbon removals and delay essential fossil fuel emissions cuts. The impact of global climate pledges on national action: a snapshot across AsiaA detailed analysis of eight Asian countries' climate action compared with global pledges. Fair carbon removal obligations under climate response uncertaintyWe assess the level of ‘preventive’ CDR needed to draw warming down to 1.5°C in case of a stronger-than-average Earth System response. A Practical Guide to Understanding and Establishing Climate Finance UnitsThis policy brief provides actionable insights for the development and effective implementation of Climate Finance Units within governments to mobilise and coordinate climate finance in alignment with national goals. Reversal of the impact chain for actionable climate informationThis study helps local decision-makers understand the link between the risks they want to avoid (i.e. health-related heat risks) and CO2 emissions using a new method that makes identifying critical risk levels easier for non-scientists. Humid heat exceeds human tolerance limits and causes mass mortalityWith critical physiological limits to human heat tolerance drawing ever closer, this Comment highlights the urgent need to limit further climate warming and emphasises the adaptation challenge ahead. 1.5°C-aligned 2030 and 2035 GHG emissions targetsWe have produced factsheets for Australia, Brazil, China, the EU, India, Indonesia and USA showing 2030 and 2035 greenhouse gas emission reduction milestones for each jurisdiction to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal – both including and excluding land use, land-use change and forestry. Spatially resolved emulated annual temperature projections for overshoot pathwaysThis study presents a new dataset of annual temperature projections for different overshoot pathways (when the 1.5 °C of global warming limit is exceeded). The data offers a unique opportunity to study local and regional climate change impacts of a range of overshoot scenarios, including when temperature thresholds might be exceeded, and by how much. Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinksThis study in Nature show that definitions of net zero now in widespread use will not actually stop global warming. The paper demonstrates that relying on natural carbon sinks, such as in forests or oceans, to 'offset' ongoing fossil fuel emissions will lead to continued warming. Climate Action Tracker: 2024 warming projection updateDespite an escalating climate crisis marked by unprecedented wildfires, storms, floods, and droughts, the Climate Action Tracker annual global temperature update shows global warming projections for 2100 are flatlining, with no improvement since 2021. The aggregate effect of current policies set the world on a path toward 2.7°C of warming. Decarbonising light-duty vehicle road transportThe Climate Action Tracker provides updated 1.5ºC compatible benchmarks for the transport sector for the world as a whole and for seven individual countries; the US, EU, China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia. Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please!The 2024 edition of UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report shows how much higher nations must aim. To get on a least-cost pathway for 1.5°C, emissions must fall 42 per cent by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. G20 nations, particularly the largest-emitting members, would need to do the heavy lifting.
Addressing challenges in the land sector under the Paris AgreementThis report examines how loose land-sector rules under the Paris Agreement enable countries to overstate carbon removals and delay essential fossil fuel emissions cuts.
The impact of global climate pledges on national action: a snapshot across AsiaA detailed analysis of eight Asian countries' climate action compared with global pledges.
Fair carbon removal obligations under climate response uncertaintyWe assess the level of ‘preventive’ CDR needed to draw warming down to 1.5°C in case of a stronger-than-average Earth System response.
A Practical Guide to Understanding and Establishing Climate Finance UnitsThis policy brief provides actionable insights for the development and effective implementation of Climate Finance Units within governments to mobilise and coordinate climate finance in alignment with national goals.
Reversal of the impact chain for actionable climate informationThis study helps local decision-makers understand the link between the risks they want to avoid (i.e. health-related heat risks) and CO2 emissions using a new method that makes identifying critical risk levels easier for non-scientists.
Humid heat exceeds human tolerance limits and causes mass mortalityWith critical physiological limits to human heat tolerance drawing ever closer, this Comment highlights the urgent need to limit further climate warming and emphasises the adaptation challenge ahead.
1.5°C-aligned 2030 and 2035 GHG emissions targetsWe have produced factsheets for Australia, Brazil, China, the EU, India, Indonesia and USA showing 2030 and 2035 greenhouse gas emission reduction milestones for each jurisdiction to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal – both including and excluding land use, land-use change and forestry.
Spatially resolved emulated annual temperature projections for overshoot pathwaysThis study presents a new dataset of annual temperature projections for different overshoot pathways (when the 1.5 °C of global warming limit is exceeded). The data offers a unique opportunity to study local and regional climate change impacts of a range of overshoot scenarios, including when temperature thresholds might be exceeded, and by how much.
Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinksThis study in Nature show that definitions of net zero now in widespread use will not actually stop global warming. The paper demonstrates that relying on natural carbon sinks, such as in forests or oceans, to 'offset' ongoing fossil fuel emissions will lead to continued warming.
Climate Action Tracker: 2024 warming projection updateDespite an escalating climate crisis marked by unprecedented wildfires, storms, floods, and droughts, the Climate Action Tracker annual global temperature update shows global warming projections for 2100 are flatlining, with no improvement since 2021. The aggregate effect of current policies set the world on a path toward 2.7°C of warming.
Decarbonising light-duty vehicle road transportThe Climate Action Tracker provides updated 1.5ºC compatible benchmarks for the transport sector for the world as a whole and for seven individual countries; the US, EU, China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia.
Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please!The 2024 edition of UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report shows how much higher nations must aim. To get on a least-cost pathway for 1.5°C, emissions must fall 42 per cent by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. G20 nations, particularly the largest-emitting members, would need to do the heavy lifting.
