Learning from the past to bring the Paris Agreement climate goals closer within reach

The author suggests that the Talanoa Dialogue should be used as a platform for countries to share and replicate successful low-carbon policies. Based on a specific scenario, replicating successful policies in sectors covering 65% of global emissions could reduce emissions by approximately 10 GtCO2e by 2030 compared to current policies, effectively halving the reductions needed to keep temperature rise below 2 °C.

• Replicating a selection of successful sectoral policies that cover approximately 65% of global emissions could reduce global emissions by around 10 GtCO2e by 2030 compared to currently implemented policies, which would halve the emission reductions required to keep global temperature rise below 2 °C.
• Specific examples of successful policies include Germany's feed-in tariff for renewable energy, Norway's carbon tax to reduce flaring and venting, and Brazil's Action Plan for Deforestation. If these were implemented globally, the electricity sector would see a reduction of 4 GtCO2e, the oil and natural gas production sector 1 GtCO2e, and the forestry sector 0.7 GtCO2e by 2030 relative to current policy expectations.
• Policy learning and replication are possible despite differing national contexts, as demonstrated by the Chinese Emissions Trading System (ETS), which was developed by studying the European Union (EU) trading system and experimenting with provincial ETS.
• The Talanoa Dialogue is identified as an ideal platform for countries to transparently share success stories and failure causes, which, combined with technical expert meetings, could be used to increase the ambition of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

APA

Roelfsema, M., Fekete, H., Höhne, N., den Elzen, M., Forsell, N., Kuramochi, T., de Coninck, H., & van Vuuren, D. P. (2018). Learning from the past to bring the Paris Agreement climate goals closer within reach. Climate Strategies. https://climatestrategies.org/learning-from-the-past-to-bring-the-paris-agreement-climate-goals-closer-within-reach/

Chicago

Roelfsema, Mark, Hanna Fekete, Niklas Höhne, Michel den Elzen, Nicklas Forsell, Takeshi Kuramochi, Heleen de Coninck, and Detlef P. van Vuuren. Learning from the past to bring the Paris Agreement climate goals closer within reach. Climate Strategies, 2018. https://climatestrategies.org/learning-from-the-past-to-bring-the-paris-agreement-climate-goals-closer-within-reach/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{roelfsema2018learning, author = {Roelfsema, Mark and Fekete, Hanna and Höhne, Niklas and den Elzen, Michel and Forsell, Nicklas and Kuramochi, Takeshi and de Coninck, Heleen and van Vuuren, Detlef P.}, title = {{Learning from the past to bring the Paris Agreement climate goals closer within reach}}, publisher = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/learning-from-the-past-to-bring-the-paris-agreement-climate-goals-closer-within-reach/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }