Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
As I show below, their cumulative emissions have continued to rise over the decades even as international efforts to confront climate change have been enacted through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. I’ve marked these important years with dotted lines in Figure 2.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Despite all the work, all the dedication, of thousands of people around the world, there’s a good chance we’ll blow past the Paris Agreement’s targets. In the long run, warming will be determined by how much carbon we pump into the atmosphere before we stop. Suppose we do miss those targets?
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Research with climate models in recent years shows that when carbon dioxide emissions stop, the rise in atmospheric temperatures will likely also stop. This means that there would be no additional warming of the atmosphere from carbon dioxide itself, but the many complex systems on Earth will continue to respond to the heat already trapped.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Plans countries have submitted under the Paris Agreement would lead to an increase in overall emissions by 2030 and that trend desperately needs to be reversed. Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane doesn’t linger for long in the atmosphere after being emitted. degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
Inside Climate News
MAY 23, 2022
By Phil McKenna Climate policies that rely on decarbonization alone are not enough to hold atmospheric warming below 2 degrees Celsius and, rather than curbing climate change, would fuel additional warming in the near term, a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Although methane doesn’t linger very long in the atmosphere, increasing methane levels are particularly bad news because it packs a big punch. But its short lifetime in the atmosphere is also a reason for hope. This dramatic underreporting undermines the chance of achieving the global goals of the Paris Agreement.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide and 52 percent of the rise in global average temperatures between 1880 and 2015. It can, and must, start now to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014.
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