Race to the Top: Driving Ambition in a 2015 Climate Agreement

ACT 2015 proposes five key structural elements for the 2015 global climate agreement: a clear long-term goal (including net zero by 2050), a commitment to non-regressive strengthening of national targets, five-year update cycles, the use of independent expert facts, and a formal progress assessment process.

• ACT 2015 proposes five essential ingredients for a global climate agreement to ensure confidence and predictability of action: establishing a clear long-term goal, committing to the continuous strengthening of national emissions reductions without roll-backs, requiring commitments to be strengthened at least every five years, incorporating independent factual analysis, and implementing a process to assess progress and support countries that are off track.
• While countries currently aim to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels, ACT 2015 suggests adding a complementary goal of phasing out greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050 to provide a clearer signal for decision-making.
• The document identifies the UNFCCC framework negotiations scheduled for December 2015 in Paris and the negotiations in Bonn from October 20-24, 2014, as critical opportunities to implement these structural features.

APA

World Resources Institute (2014). Race to the Top: Driving Ambition in a 2015 Climate Agreement. https://www.wri.org/insights/race-top-driving-ambition-2015-climate-agreement

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Race to the Top: Driving Ambition in a 2015 Climate Agreement. 2014. https://www.wri.org/insights/race-top-driving-ambition-2015-climate-agreement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2014race, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Race to the Top: Driving Ambition in a 2015 Climate Agreement}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2014}, month = oct, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/race-top-driving-ambition-2015-climate-agreement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }