Poverty eradication in a carbon constrained world
The consequences of poverty eradication on limiting warming to 2 °C are not fully clear. Here, Hubacek et al. find that while ending extreme poverty does not jeopardize the climate target, moving everybody to a modest expenditure level increases required mitigation rate by 27%
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00919-4 |
| Summary: | The consequences of poverty eradication on limiting warming to 2 °C are not fully clear. Here, Hubacek et al. find that while ending extreme poverty does not jeopardize the climate target, moving everybody to a modest expenditure level increases required mitigation rate by 27% |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |