Greenhouse gas emissions should drop to zero by the end of the century. This was agreed upon in the Paris Climate Agreement. A study now shows that the commitments made so far could temporarily have the opposite effect — a significant rise by 2030 cannot be ruled out.
The first steps towards climate protection could make the situation worse — that's what climate researcher Joeri Rogelj and his team from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg show in their latest study, published in the journal "Nature Communications".
The starting point for the calculations were the pledges regarding future handling of greenhouse gas emissions. If everyone sticks to these plans, global carbon dioxide emissions could actually rise by 20 per cent by 2030.
<link http: science.orf.at stories external-link-new-window external link in new>Read the report by ORF online here: "More greenhouse gases despite climate pact?"
On Ö1's Mittagsjournal on 07.06.17, a report also covered the new IIASA study. Following the report on the IIASA project, there is also an interview with Karl Steininger (KFU).
<link http: www.ccca.ac.at de service presse external-link-new-window external link in new>Ö1 Mittagsjournal from 07.06.17 (permanently available on the CCCA website)
