Writing from the UN climate negotiations in Bonn Germany, where the AOSIS island nations and EU recently proposed a formal “adding up” of the mitigation pledges to the UNFCCC. A recent text in the AWG-KP group included, “The AWG-KP requested the secretariat… prepare an analysis of the pledges for emissions reduction provided by Annex 1 […]
Only The Most Ambitious Emissions Reductions Under Discussion Within the UNFCCC Come Close To Achieving Climate Goals
The diplomats at this week’s UNFCCC meeting in Bonn will need to aim towards the most ambitious proposals offered so far within the UNFCCC process if they want a global agreement later this year that will stabilize CO2 levels in the range of 350-450 ppm. The figure to the left — the output of […]