Most emissions scenarios in line with the Paris Agreement have shown a large amount of net-negative CO2 emissions during the second half of this century. A new set of scenarios expands this picture.
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This publication was funded by The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research through the Mistra Carbon Exit program. C. Azar, I. Gunnarsson and J. Morfeldt are acknowledged for providing useful comments.
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Johansson, D.J.A. The question of overshoot. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 1021–1022 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01229-w
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