Current national proposals are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs

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Lamb, William F., Gasser, Thomas, Roman-Cuesta, Rosa M., Grass, Giacomo, Gidden, Matthew J., Powis, Carter M., Geden, Oliver, Nemet, Gregory, Pratama, Yoga, Riah, Keywan, Smith, Stephen M., Steinhauser, Jan, Vaughan, Naomi E., Smith, Harry and Minx, Jan C. (2024) Current national proposals are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs. Nature Climate Change, 14 (6). pp. 555-556. ISSN 1758-678X

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Meeting the Paris Agreement targets requires deep emissions reductions supported by a scale-up in carbon dioxide removal. However, current country-reported mitigation pledges are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs, unless countries dramatically reduce emissions consistent with low-energy-demand scenarios.

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Additional Information: Funding Information: This work was supported by the European Union ERC-2020-SyG \u201CGENIE\u201D (951542) grant (W.F.L., J.C.M., G.N., T.G., M.J.G., Y.P., J.S. and K.R.); the UK Natural Environment Research Council \u201CCO2RE Hub\u201D (NE/V013106/1) grant (S.M.S.); the European Union Horizon 2020 \u201CESM2025\u201D (101003536) and \u201CRESCUE\u201D (101056939) grants (T.G.); the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research \u201CCDRSynTra\u201D (01LS2101A) (J.C.M. and O.G.) and \u201CASMASYS\u201D (01LS2101A) grants (O.G.); and the Leverhulme Trust (DS-2020-028).
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
Faculty of Science
UEA Research Groups: University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 21 May 2024 13:30
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2025 10:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95270
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-01993-5

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