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Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets

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Political upsets could stall coordinated international mitigation action, but emissions and investments over the next few years will have long-term consequences. Any delays to mitigation or cuts to renewable energy research by the US will likely render the 2 °C target unachievable if a global precedent is set.

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Figure 1: Delayed-action emissions pathways and their consequences for global temperatures.

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  • 04 January 2017

    In a previous online version of the Commentary 'Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets' the surname of the first author in ref. 1 was misspelt. This has been corrected in all versions of the Commentary.

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  1. The National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 80305, Colorado, USA

    Benjamin M. Sanderson & Reto Knutti

  2. Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, CH-8092, Switzerland

    Reto Knutti

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Sanderson, B., Knutti, R. Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets. Nature Clim Change 7, 92–94 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3193

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