Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53346 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 87.2011
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Political attention has increasingly focused on limiting warming to 2êC. However, to date the only mitigation commitments accompanying this target are the so-called Copenhagen pledges, and these pledges appear to be inconsistent with the 2êC objective. Diverging opinions on whether this inconsistency can or should be resolved have been expressed. This paper clarifies the alternative assumptions underlying these diverging view points and explicits their implications. It first gives simple visualizations of the challenge posed by the 2êC target. It then proposes a decision tree, linking different beliefs on climate change, the achievability of different policies, and current international policy dynamics to various options to move forward on climate change.
Subjects: 
Feasibility of 2êC Target
Climate Change Negotiations
JEL: 
Q5
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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