They still have the freedom to make large behavioural choices that will structure the rest of their lives, and must grow up accustomed to a lifestyle that approaches the 2.1 tonnes per person annual
emissions budget necessary by 2050 to meet the 2 ° C climate target.»
Not exact matches
Above: the projected
emissions gap in 2030 in the UNEP report shows that countries are not planning to make the
necessary GHG
emissions reductions to avoid overshooting our carbon «
budget», meaning that large - scale CDR would be
necessary to fill the gap and prevent climate change.
This has sparked a growing realisation that so - called negative
emissions might be
necessary to meet the goals of Paris, where an overspend against the carbon
budget is paid back by pulling CO2 from the air.
Multiplying the total
budget amounts by the observed
emission reductions dollars per ton benefits is all that is
necessary to estimate how much CO2e is expected to be reduced.
To fully understand the nature of the harm caused by this delay it is
necessary to understand the policy implications of a «carbon
budget» that must limit global
emissions to avoid dangerous warming levels..