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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4532-2084, Smith, Harry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8149-4764 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
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 21 May 2024 13:30
Last Modified: 03 Nov 2024 01:38
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95270
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-01993-5

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