http://www.nature.com/articles/nenergy201724
Article Achieving net-zero emissions through the reframing of UK national targets in the post-Paris Agreement era - Steve Pye <http://www.nature.com/articles/nenergy201724#auth-1> - , Francis G. N. Li <http://www.nature.com/articles/nenergy201724#auth-2> - […] - Birgit Fais <http://www.nature.com/articles/nenergy201724#auth-4> - *Nature Energy* 2, Article number: 17024 (2017) - doi:10.1038/nenergy.2017.24 - Download Citation <http://www.nature.com/articles/nenergy201724.ris> - - Climate-change mitigation <http://www.nature.com/subjects/climate-change-mitigation> - Energy policy <http://www.nature.com/subjects/energy-policy> Received:15 June 2016Accepted:27 January 2017Published online:06 March 2017 Abstract The Paris Agreement provides an international framework aimed at limiting average global temperature rise to well below 2 ∘C, implemented through actions determined at the national level. As the Agreement necessitates a ‘net-zero’ emissions energy system by 2100, decarbonization analyses in support of national climate policy should consider the post-2050 period. Focusing solely on mitigation objectives for 2030 or 2050 could lead to blindsiding of the challenge, inadequate ambition in the near term, and poor investment choices in energy infrastructure. Here we show, using the UK as an example, that even an ambitious climate policy is likely to fall short of the challenge of net-zero, and that analysis of the post-2050 period is therefore critical. We find that the analysis of detailed, longer-term national pathways that achieve net-zero is important for future reassessment of ambition under nationally determined contributions (NDCs). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
