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Cumulative emissions and climate policy

The emerging scientific focus on cumulative carbon emissions may make climate negotiations harder. But, it serves to clarify the scale and scope of climate mitigation needed to meet potential temperature targets.

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Figure 1: Traditional versus cumulative emissions framework.

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Frame, D., Macey, A. & Allen, M. Cumulative emissions and climate policy. Nature Geosci 7, 692–693 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2254

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