Understanding the origin of Paris Agreement emission uncertainties

The pledges put forward by each country to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement are ambiguous. Rogeljet al. quantify the uncertainty arising from the interpretation of these pledges and find that by 2030 global emissions can vary by −10% to +20% around their median estimate of 52 GtCO2e yr−1.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joeri Rogelj, Oliver Fricko, Malte Meinshausen, Volker Krey, Johanna J. J. Zilliacus, Keywan Riahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15748