A U.N. Environment Program report released last week showed that, taken together, the NDCs only account for a third of the necessary emissions reductions needed to keep global average temperatures from heating 2 degrees C above preindustrial levels. (scientificamerican.com)
Tighter regulation throughout the drilling, transportation and storage process could deliver more than 10 % of the necessary emissions reductions to get the US toward its 17 % 2020 target. (climatechangenews.com)
The longer the international community waits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the steeper the necessary emissions reductions pathway becomes. (ethicsandclimate.org)