TY  - JOUR
ID  - iiasa13767
UR  - https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13767/
IS  - 10
A1  - Rockström, J.
A1  - Schellnhuber, H.J.
A1  - Hoskins, B.
A1  - Ramanathan, V.
A1  - Schlosser, P.
A1  - Brasseur, G.P.
A1  - Gaffney, O.
A1  - Nobre, C.
A1  - Meinsheusen, M.
A1  - Rogelj, J.
A1  - Lucht, W.
N2  - The scale of the decarbonisation challenge to meet the Paris Agreement is underplayed in the public arena. It will require precipitous emission reductions and a new carbon sink on the scale of the ocean sink within 40 years. Even then, the world is extremely likely to overshoot. A catastrophic failure of policy, for example waiting another decade for transformative policy and full commitments to fossil-free economies, will have irreversible and deleterious repercussions for humanity's remaining time on Earth. Only a global zero carbon roadmap will put the world on a course to phase-out greenhouse gas emissions and create the essential carbon sinks for Earth-system stability, without which, world prosperity is not possible.
VL  - 4
TI  - The world's biggest gamble
AV  - public
EP  - 470
Y1  - 2016/10/26/
PB  - Wiley & Sons, Inc.
JF  - Earth's Future
KW  - Climate Change; Decarbonisation; Paris Agreement; Carbon Roadmap; Carbon Budget; Earth system
SN  - 23284277
SP  - 465
ER  -