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Glen Peters
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To keep below 1.5°C, with a 50-50 chance, would require global CO2 emissions to be zero in ~2038 (orange line).
The other scenarios (blue) overshoot to ~1.6°C before going back <1.5°C in 2100 (& they start with a global carbon price in 2020).
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Glen Peters
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In scenarios that "limit warming to 1.5°C (>50%) with no or limited overshoot", to use IPCC speak, most scenarios go over 1.5°C and return later...
These scenarios also have radical emission reductions starting in 2020 & large-scale use of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR).
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Patricia Espinosa C.
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The insufficiency of current financial commitments hampers progress towards sustainability. Fulfillment of existing pledges and additional funding sources are imperative to address climate change impacts. pic.twitter.com/84E5KHcKvP
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