IPCC calls for zero carbon by 2100
http://www.world-nuclear-news.03 November 2014
The world needs to take stringent action to move to a low-carbon economy before the end of the century to avoid severe impacts from warming of the climate, according to the final instalment of the fifth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The Synthesis Report released by the IPCC on 2 November draws together the findings of the fifth assessment report released in stages over the past 13 months. With over 800 lead authors and editors from over 80 countries drawing on more than 30,000 scientific papers, the IPCC describes it as the most comprehensive assessment of climate change ever undertaken.
The report notes that multiple mitigation pathways are available that could limit warming to below 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels, all of which would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near-zero emissions of CO2 and other long-lived greenhouse gases by the end of the century.
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