Emissions are still rising: ramp up the cuts

Figueres, Christiana; Le Quéré, Corinne; Mahindra, Anand; Bäte, Oliver; Whiteman, Gail; Peters, Glen; Guan, Dabo

doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07585-6

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05 December 2018

Emissions are still rising: ramp up the cuts

With sources of renewable energy spreading fast, all sectors can do more to decarbonize the world, argue Christiana Figueres and colleagues.

Christiana Figueres⁰,
Corinne Le Quéré¹,
Anand Mahindra²,
Oliver Bäte³,
Gail Whiteman⁴,
Glen Peters⁵ &
…
Dabo Guan⁶

Christiana Figueres
1. Christiana Figueres is convenor of Mission 2020 and vice-chair of the Global Covenant of Mayors.
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Corinne Le Quéré
1. Corinne Le Quéré is director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
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Anand Mahindra
1. Anand Mahindra is chair of the Mahindra Group, Mumbai, India.
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Oliver Bäte
1. Oliver Bäte is chair of the board of management of Allianz SE, Munich, Germany.
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Gail Whiteman
1. Gail Whiteman is professor and director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK.
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Glen Peters
1. Glen Peters is research director at the Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway.
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Dabo Guan
1. Dabo Guan is chair professor in climate-change economics at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and distinguished professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Aerial view of a thermosolar plant — The Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant in Andalusia, Spain. Credit: Markel Redondo/Panos

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Representatives of 190 nations gather this week to review progress at the annual United Nations climate talks. They face a daunting reality: carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are rising again.

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Nature 564, 27-30 (2018)

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