Global warming: preventing irreversibility

Vol. 38 No. 4 (2018)

Oct-Dec / 2018
Published February 26, 2020
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How to Cite

Lane, Jan-Erik. 2018. “Global Warming: Preventing Irreversibility”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 38 (4):740-48. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3157-2018-2860.

Global warming: preventing irreversibility

Jan-Erik Lane
Emeritus professor at the University of Genova, Genova, Switzerland.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 38 No. 4 (2018), Oct-Dec / 2018, Pages 740-748

Abstract

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meets again in Bonn for the COP23 in the fall with Fiji as host, the focus should be upon the GOAL II in the COP21 Treaty: decarbonisation with 30-40 per cent of 2005 levels until 2030. Several countries now meet the GOAL I of halting the rise in CO2 emissions. And the rest should be asked and helped to do so. But the GOAL II is a very big challenge. It can only be fulfilled with massive investments in solar panel parks.

JEL Classification: Q4; Q5.


Keywords: Decarbonisation and the UNFCCC the COP21