Future scenarios for emissions need continual adjustment (original) (raw)

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In their Commentary ‘Dangerous assumptions’ (Nature 452, 531–531; 2008), Pielke et al. show that the 2000 Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) reflects unrealistic progress on both the supply and demand sides of the energy sector. These unduly optimistic baselines cause serious underestimation of the costs of policy-induced mitigation required to achieve a given stabilization level.

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  1. Electric Power Research Institute, 2000 L Street NW, Suite 805, Washington, 20036, DC, USA
    Richard G. Richels
  2. Economic and Social Research Institute, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland
    Richard S. J. Tol
  3. Department of Economics, Wesleyan University, 238 Church Street, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA,
    Gary W. Yohe

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  2. Richard S. J. Tol
  3. Gary W. Yohe

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Richels, R., Tol, R. & Yohe, G. Future scenarios for emissions need continual adjustment.Nature 453, 155 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453155a

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