A Copenhagen Prognosis: Towards a safe climate future

The report argues that current GHG emission targets are inadequate to prevent devastating climate impacts. It asserts that to have a 75% chance of limiting warming to 2°C, global emissions must drop rapidly after 2015 and reach near-zero by midcentury, a goal the authors claim is technically and economically feasible.

• Current greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets are insufficient to protect humanity from high risks of devastating climate impacts and the significant risks of self-amplifying global warming.
• To maintain a 75 per cent probability of keeping warming below 2°C, global GHG emissions must decrease extremely rapidly after 2015 and reach essentially zero by the middle of the century.
• Analytical research at regional and global levels indicates that achieving these deep emission cuts is technically feasible, economically affordable, and potentially profitable.

APA

S., K., C.K, S., R., M., N., N., V., R., J., R., H.J, S., L., S., & R., W. (2010). A Copenhagen Prognosis: Towards a safe climate future. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/copenhagen-prognosis-towards-safe-climate-future/

Chicago

S., Kartha,, Siebert, C.K, Mathur, R., Nakicenovic, N., Ramanathan, V., Rockström, J., Schellnhuber, H.J, Srivastava, L., and Watt, R. A Copenhagen Prognosis: Towards a safe climate future. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2010. https://www.sei.org/publications/copenhagen-prognosis-towards-safe-climate-future/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{s2010copenhagen, author = {S., Kartha, and C.K, Siebert, and R., Mathur, and N., Nakicenovic, and V., Ramanathan, and J., Rockström, and H.J, Schellnhuber, and L., Srivastava, and R., Watt,}, title = {{A Copenhagen Prognosis: Towards a safe climate future}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2010}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/copenhagen-prognosis-towards-safe-climate-future/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }