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Peer-reviewed Papers
Confusion remains about concepts like carbon neutrality, climate neutrality, full decarbonisation, and net zero carbon or net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Here we clarify these concepts.
Peer-reviewed Papers
This study explores a situation of staged accession to a global climate policy regime from the current situation of regionally fragmented and moderate climate action.
Peer-reviewed Papers
This paper explores the climate consequences of “delayed near-term action” and “staged accession” scenarios for limiting warming below 2 °C.
Briefings
The Climate Action Tracker's initial assessment of the recent announcements by the United States and China’s new pledges and proposals on emissions reductions for 2025 and 2030, in the context of the present international negotiations for a new climate agreement to be adopted at the end of 2015.
Reports
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2014 is the fifth in a series that examines whether the pledges made by countries are on track to meet the internationally agreed under 2°C target. It is produced by 38 leading scientists from 22 research groups across 14 countries.