Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Institutional decarbonization scenarios evaluated against the Paris Agreement 1.5 °C goal

  • Robert J. Brecha,
  • Gaurav Ganti,
  • Robin D. Lamboll,
  • Zebedee Nicholls,
  • Bill Hare,
  • Jared Lewis,
  • Malte Meinshausen,
  • Michiel Schaeffer,
  • Christopher J. Smith,
  • Matthew J. Gidden

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31734-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Here the authors present a framework to assess the temperature outcomes of decarbonization scenarios from institutions such as the IEA, BP and Shell. Scenarios are evaluated for consistency with the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.