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Looking past the horizon of 2100
"Long-term climate dynamics and impacts from sea level rise to heat stress make the case for much stronger mitigation efforts today" By Sonja van Renssen, in (2019) 9 Nature Climate Change 349-351 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0466-0
P Erickson, M Lazarus & G Piggot, “Limiting fossil fuel production as the next big step in climate policy”
(2018) 8 Nature Climate Change 1037-1043 "Despite the current ambivalence of the United States towards the Paris Agreement, national and local jurisdictions across the globe remain committed, and they are seeking ways to increase the ambition and effectiveness of their climate policies. One way forwards could be limiting the production — not just the consumption …
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“Carbon markets will not help stop climate change” (Climate Home News)
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/12/13/carbon-markets-will-not-help-stop-climate-change/
“World demand for coal falls despite growth in Asia” (Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/17/world-demand-for-coal-falls-despite-growth-in-asia?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
“Fossil fuels fall to record low proportion of UK energy mix” (Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/19/fossil-fuels-fall-to-record-low-in-britains-energy-mix-data-shows?CMP=share_btn_tw