Open AccessTargets of Biggest Global Carbon Emitters Flunk Fairness Test
Author(s) -
Cody Sullivan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo038423
Subject(s) - per capita , china , european union , limit (mathematics) , global warming , environmental science , international trade , carbon fibers , natural resource economics , economics , political science , climate change , demography , computer science , mathematics , law , mathematical analysis , population , ecology , algorithm , composite number , biology , sociology
Pledges so far by the United States, European Union, and China would require all other countries to emit 7 to 14 times less per capita than those three regions by 2030 to limit warming to 2°C.