Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Global roll-out of comprehensive policy measures may aid in bridging emissions gap

  • Heleen L. van Soest,
  • Lara Aleluia Reis,
  • Luiz Bernardo Baptista,
  • Christoph Bertram,
  • Jacques Després,
  • Laurent Drouet,
  • Michel den Elzen,
  • Panagiotis Fragkos,
  • Oliver Fricko,
  • Shinichiro Fujimori,
  • Neil Grant,
  • Mathijs Harmsen,
  • Gokul Iyer,
  • Kimon Keramidas,
  • Alexandre C. Köberle,
  • Elmar Kriegler,
  • Aman Malik,
  • Shivika Mittal,
  • Ken Oshiro,
  • Keywan Riahi,
  • Mark Roelfsema,
  • Bas van Ruijven,
  • Roberto Schaeffer,
  • Diego Silva Herran,
  • Massimo Tavoni,
  • Gamze Unlu,
  • Toon Vandyck,
  • Detlef P. van Vuuren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26595-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Comprehensive policy measures are needed to close the emissions gap between Nationally Determined Contributions and emissions goals of the Paris Agreement. Here the authors present a Bridge scenario that may aid in closing the emissions gap by 2030.