Emissions - the 'business as usual' story is misleading

被引:671
作者
Hausfather, Zeke [1 ]
Peters, Glen P. [2 ]
机构
[1] Breakthrough Inst, Climate & Energy, Oakland, CA 94612 USA
[2] CICERO Ctr Int Climate Res, Oslo, Norway
关键词
Climate change; Climate sciences; Energy; Policy; Society; SCENARIOS;
D O I
10.1038/d41586-020-00177-3
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Stop using the worst-case scenario for climate warming as the most likely outcome — more-realistic baselines make for better policy.
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页码:618 / 620
页数:3
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