Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256124 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 19/2010
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
In the climate policy community, there is broad consensus regarding the target of limiting global warming levels to a maximum of two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Still, barring a breakthrough in UN negotiations in the near future and a reversal in current emissions trends, compliance with the two-degree target will be impossible. If this target is abandoned over the medium-term, the EU would have to make a fundamental strategic decision regarding the structure and stringency levels of a new climate goal. The approach, which has thus far proven dominant, of translating a global temperature cap into precise national emission budgets is hardly feasible from a political viewpoint. Looking ahead, the EU should therefore advocate dynamic formulas for setting targets, which are gauged against benchmarks oriented towards 'climate neutrality
Document Type: 
Research Report

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