Climate policy: Time to act

Emissions must be reduced quickly, and ultimately to zero. This is shown by the "Carbon Clock" of the MCC. It is based on the remaining CO2 budget (in tonnes) quantified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Current publications

Zickfeld, K., MacIsaac, J., Canadell, J., Fuss, S., Jackson, R., Jones, C., Lohila, A., Matthews, H., Peters, G., Rogelj, J., Zaehle, S., 2023

Net-zero approaches must consider Earth system impacts to achieve climate goals

Nature Climate Change
04.12.2023

Gidden, M.J., Gasser, T., Grassi, G., Forsell, N., Janssens, I., Lamb, W., Minx, J., Nicholls, Z., Steinhauser, J., Riahi, K. , 2023

Aligning climate scenarios to emissions inventories shifts global benchmarks

Nature
22.11.2023

Lamb, W., Pathak, M., et al. , 2023

Emissions Gap Report 2023 - Global emissions trends

UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023
20.11.2023