Duality in climate science

被引:144
作者
Anderson, Kevin [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Tyndall Ctr Climate Change Res, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
关键词
EMISSIONS; PATHWAYS; POLICY; UK;
D O I
10.1038/ngeo2559
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Delivery of palatable 2 degrees C mitigation scenarios depends on speculative negative emissions or changing the past. Scientists must make their assumptions transparent and defensible, however politically uncomfortable the conclusions.
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页码:898 / 900
页数:4
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