Climate Action Network Goals
Climate Action Network International
Long Term Global Goals for 2050
Phase out all fossil fuel emissions and phase in 100 % Renewable Energy
Climate Action Network International (CAN-I) is the world’s largest network of civil society organizations working together
to promote government action to address the climate crisis, with more than 900 members in over 100 countries.
Link to PDF of CAN-I position for COP 21 -
... (page 3)
The AR5 concluded that in order to have a greater than 66% likelihood of not exceeding the 2°C threshold, a cumulative CO2eq carbon budget of less than 2900 GtCO2eq (790 GtC) must be respected. Given that, by 2011, 1890 GtCO2eq (515 GtC) had already been emitted, and that around 50 Gt CO2eq (13 GtC) is currently emitted annually, the remaining budget for 2015 onwards is around 860 GtCO2eq (236 GtC). If annual global emissions remain at the current level, this budget will be completely used up in less than 20 years, with one third of it gone after only the next 5-6 years. It goes without saying that the remaining budget to limit warming to 1.5°C is even smaller and exhausted in less time; this situation is compounded if the probability of achieving such a temperature limit is increased from 66% to 90%.
The AR5 concluded that in order to have a greater than 66% likelihood of not exceeding the 2°C threshold, a cumulative CO2eq carbon budget of less than 2900 GtCO2eq (790 GtC) must be respected. Given that, by 2011, 1890 GtCO2eq (515 GtC) had already been emitted, and that around 50 Gt CO2eq (13 GtC) is currently emitted annually, the remaining budget for 2015 onwards is around 860 GtCO2eq (236 GtC). If annual global emissions remain at the current level, this budget will be completely used up in less than 20 years, with one third of it gone after only the next 5-6 years. It goes without saying that the remaining budget to limit warming to 1.5°C is even smaller and exhausted in less time; this situation is compounded if the probability of achieving such a temperature limit is increased from 66% to 90%.
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It is important that governments around the world heed warnings from the scientific community and the natural world, and accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy now, in Paris and complete it well before 2050. Governments must start listening to people and not the polluters: climate protection and 100% renewable energy for all is the future we want!
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MIchael Rynn
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Climate Action Network International goals for COP 21. Peak Greenhouse gas emissions no later 2015
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Climate Action Network Goals
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