The Paris Target, Human Rights, and IPCC Weaknesses: Legal Arguments in Favour of Smaller Carbon Budgets
The Paris Climate Agreement (PA) provides an overall target which limits global warming to “well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels” and “pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels” (Art. 2 para. 1 PA). This article assesses the extent to which new i...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-09-01
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Series: | Environments |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/9/9/112 |