Full Title: The Road to Paris and Beyond
Author(s): Rodney Boyd, Fergus Green and Nicholas Stern
Publisher(s): Grantham Research Institute and London School of Economics
Publication Date: August 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):
Effective international cooperation can enable the world to (i) develop along a pathway that provides a reasonable chance that global average temperatures will not increase by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels; and (ii) adapt to the climatic changes already locked-in as a result of past and ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. It can also help countries seize the many opportunities and benefits associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy; to achieve an attractive form of inclusive growth that is sustainable. The United Nations climate change conference in Paris at the end of 2015 is an important opportunity to advance toward those objectives.
The French Government, which will host the Paris summit, has indicated that it will seek a ‘Paris Climate Alliance’ as an outcome, based on four aspects: a universal legal agreement, applicable to all countries; national commitments covering control and reduction of emissions; a financial and technology aspect aimed at scaling up finance and technology for climate change mitigation and adaptation while guaranteeing international solidarity with the most vulnerable countries; and an ‘Agenda of Solutions’ aimed at implementing accelerators to ensure more ambitious progress, above and beyond binding commitments.