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Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?

Annual review of environment and resources, 2021-01, Vol.46 (1), p.653-689 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1543-5938 ;ISSN: 1545-2050 ;ISBN: 9780824323462 ;ISBN: 0824323467 ;EISSN: 1545-2050 ;DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-012220-011104

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Title:
Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?
Author: Stoddard, Isak ; Anderson, Kevin ; Capstick, Stuart ; Carton, Wim ; Depledge, Joanna ; Facer, Keri ; Gough, Clair ; Hache, Frederic ; Hoolohan, Claire ; Hultman, Martin ; Hällström, Niclas ; Kartha, Sivan ; Klinsky, Sonja ; Kuchler, Magdalena ; Lövbrand, Eva ; Nasiritousi, Naghmeh ; Newell, Peter ; Peters, Glen P ; Sokona, Youba ; Stirling, Andy ; Stilwell, Matthew ; Spash, Clive L ; Williams, Mariama
Subjects: climate mitigation ; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences ; energy transitions ; General Environmental Science ; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap ; knowledge traditions ; lock-ins ; Natural Sciences ; Naturvetenskap ; power ; societal transformations
Is Part Of: Annual review of environment and resources, 2021-01, Vol.46 (1), p.653-689
Description: Despite three decades of political efforts and a wealth of research on the causes and catastrophic impacts of climate change, global carbon dioxide emissions have continued to rise and are 60% higher today than they were in 1990. Exploring this rise through nine thematic lenses-covering issues of climate governance, the fossil fuel industry, geopolitics, economics, mitigation modeling, energy systems, inequity, lifestyles, and social imaginaries-draws out multifaceted reasons for our collective failure to bend the global emissions curve. However, a common thread that emerges across the reviewed literature is the central role of power, manifest in many forms, from a dogmatic political-economic hegemony and influential vested interests to narrow techno-economic mindsets and ideologies of control. Synthesizing the various impediments to mitigation reveals how delivering on the commitments enshrined in the Paris Agreement now requires an urgent and unprecedented transformation away from today's carbon- and energy-intensive development paradigm.
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1543-5938
ISSN: 1545-2050
ISBN: 9780824323462
ISBN: 0824323467
EISSN: 1545-2050
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-012220-011104
Source: Annual Reviews Open Access
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Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?

ISSN: 1543-5938 ;ISSN: 1545-2050 ;ISBN: 9780824323462 ;ISBN: 0824323467 ;EISSN: 1545-2050 ;DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-012220-011104

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