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Political upsets could stall coordinated international mitigation action, but emissions and investments over the next few years will have long-term consequences. Any delays to mitigation or cuts to renewable energy research by the US will likely render the 2 °C target unachievable if a global precedent is set.
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In a previous online version of the Commentary 'Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets' the surname of the first author in ref. 1 was misspelt. This has been corrected in all versions of the Commentary.
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Sanderson, B., Knutti, R. Delays in US mitigation could rule out Paris targets.Nature Clim Change 7, 92–94 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3193
- Published: 26 December 2016
- Issue date: February 2017
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3193
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