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The CarbonLaw - A roadmap for rapid decarbonisation

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Centre director Johan Rockström introduces the "Carbon Law" and explains how humanity can meet the UN’s Paris Agreement’s climate goal of limiting the global temperature rise to "well below 2°C" from preindustrial times

An international team of researchers led by centre director Johan Rockström propose a solution for the global economy to rapidly reduce carbon emissions. The authors argue a carbon roadmap, driven by a simple rule of thumb or “carbon law” of halving emissions every decade, could catalyse disruptive innovation. The solution was recently published in the journal Science. Read more here