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Strong climate action is worth it

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An immediate and rapid reduction in global emissions is required for many reasons. Integrated research supports the economic case for strong near-term climate action, even before accounting for expected negative impacts on biodiversity, health and tipping points.

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Fig. 1: Economically optimal warming estimates lag behind global climate targets.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to E. Byers and J. Rogelj for valuable discussions on earlier versions of this text. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council under grant agreement no. NE/S007415/1 (J.S.K.).

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  1. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

    Jarmo S. Kikstra

  2. Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Jarmo S. Kikstra

  3. Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Jarmo S. Kikstra

  4. Climate Finance and Policy Group, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Paul Waidelich

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Kikstra, J.S., Waidelich, P. Strong climate action is worth it. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 419–420 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01635-2

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