Countries’ long-term climate strategies fail to define residual emissions
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01614-7
Achieving net zero means balancing remaining emissions with carbon removal, and understanding the nature and scope of residual emissions is key to planning decarbonized energy and industrial systems. However, our analysis of long-term climate strategies shows that many governments lack clear projections for residual emissions at net zero.
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