WARNING TO NAVIGATORS: IPCC REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

The document examines the IPCC's 2014 report on climate change mitigation, noting that global greenhouse gas emissions have accelerated despite existing climate plans. It argues that to limit temperature rise to 2°C, emissions must be reduced by 40-70% by 2050 and reach almost zero by 2100, requiring radical technological and institutional shifts. While the report finds these goals technically and economically feasible, it stresses the urgency of investments between 2010 and 2030 to avoid costly and risky negative emission technologies like large-scale biomass combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).

• Global greenhouse gas emissions have accelerated over the last decade despite the existence of various climate change strategies and the 2007-08 economic crisis. Total emissions reached 49 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2eq) in 2010, with 78% resulting from fossil fuel combustion.
• Without additional mitigation efforts, mean global temperatures are projected to rise between 3.7°C and 4.8°C by 2100 relative to pre-industrial levels, with a potential range of 2.5°C to 7.8°C.

APA

González-Eguino, M., & Arto, I. (2014). WARNING TO NAVIGATORS: IPCC REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION. Basque Centre for Climate Change. https://www.bc3research.org/h6T8Uy8Nm4gFs0O/20140516120307449644959.pdf

Chicago

González-Eguino, Mikel, and Iñaki Arto. WARNING TO NAVIGATORS: IPCC REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION. Basque Centre for Climate Change, 2014. https://www.bc3research.org/h6T8Uy8Nm4gFs0O/20140516120307449644959.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{gonzlezeguino2014warning, author = {González-Eguino, Mikel and Arto, Iñaki}, title = {{WARNING TO NAVIGATORS: IPCC REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION}}, institution = {Basque Centre for Climate Change}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.bc3research.org/h6T8Uy8Nm4gFs0O/20140516120307449644959.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }