Analysis of options for determining OMGE, SOP and Transition within Article 6: implications of policy decisions for international crediting under the Paris Agreement

This report explores three key unresolved issues from using Article 6 of the Paris Agreement as well as the amount of revenues generated to help meet the adaptation needs of particularly vulnerable developing countries.

Assessing the health benefits of a Paris-aligned coal phase-out for South Korea

Briefings

May 2021

Assessing the health benefits of a Paris-aligned coal phase-out for South Korea

In this work we present two unit-level decommissioning schedules that are aligned with a Paris Agreement compatible CO2 emission reduction pathway. Both of these schedules require 4.2 GW of coal capacity to be retired each year, and units currently under construction would only be able to operate for four years at the most.

Decarbonisation targets and 1.5℃ pathways

Deadly Heat Stress to Become Commonplace Across South Asia Already at 1.5°C of Global Warming

Peer-reviewed Papers

May 2021

Deadly Heat Stress to Become Commonplace Across South Asia Already at 1.5°C of Global Warming

The study calculates the impact of an additional half degree of warming between 1.5°C and 2°C for hundreds of millions of people in South Asia, a region that is already experiencing lethal heat events. It finds that governments can virtually halve exposure to potentially lethal temperatures if global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C are successful.

Climate impacts and risks

Pathways of climate resilience over the 21st century

Peer-reviewed Papers

May 2021

Pathways of climate resilience over the 21st century

This study assesses trajectories of adaptation readiness in comparison with the continued emergence of hot days as a proxy for climate change hazards for different emission and socio-economic pathways over the 21st century.

CAT Global Update: Climate Summit Momentum

Briefings

May 2021

CAT Global Update: Climate Summit Momentum

Climate action announcements at US President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate, together with those announced since September last year, have improved the Climate Action Tracker’s warming estimate by 0.2°C. End of century warming from these Paris Agreement pledges and targets is now estimated to be 2.4°C.

Decarbonisation targets and 1.5℃ pathways

Loss and damage implications of sea-level rise on Small Island Developing States

Peer-reviewed Papers

May 2021

Loss and damage implications of sea-level rise on Small Island Developing States

This review assesses the regional nature of sea-level rise for Small Island Developing States, highlights associated impacts and risks, and reviews limits to adaptation and resultant economic and non-economic loss and damage.

Loss and damage

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Analysis of options for determining OMGE, SOP and Transition within Article 6: implications of policy decisions for international crediting under the Paris Agreement

Assessing the health benefits of a Paris-aligned coal phase-out for South Korea

Deadly Heat Stress to Become Commonplace Across South Asia Already at 1.5°C of Global Warming

Pathways of climate resilience over the 21st century

CAT Global Update: Climate Summit Momentum

Loss and damage implications of sea-level rise on Small Island Developing States