The Paris Agreement is based on emission scenarios that move from a sluggish phase-out of fossil fuels to large-scale late-century negative emissions. Alternative pathways of early deployment of negative emission technologies need to be considered to ensure that climate targets are reached safely and sustainably.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the European Research Council Synergy grant ERC-SyG-2013-610028 IMBALANCE-P.
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Obersteiner, M., Bednar, J., Wagner, F. et al. How to spend a dwindling greenhouse gas budget. Nature Clim Change 8, 7–10 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0045-1
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