Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countries
In order to understand better on medium-and long-term climate change issues in international cooperation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this paper is meant to assess the implementation of National Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the BRI countries and the emission constraints under the Par...
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| description | In order to understand better on medium-and long-term climate change issues in international cooperation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this paper is meant to assess the implementation of National Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the BRI countries and the emission constraints under the Paris Agreement to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, based on the Belt and Road Integrated Assessment Model (BRIAM) and the best available data. The results show that the BRI countries are expected to collectively reduce about 3.2 billion tons of CO2 emissions with the implementation of their NDCs by 2030. In order to achieve the global goal of 2°C, without appropriate mitigation burden sharing and enhanced climate finance support, the BRI countries will face big challenges to bridge the emission gaps. The investment in clean energy and related new infrastructures in BRI will rise sharply to above US$100 trillion by the end of this century accordingly with the increase in carbon price, which will also eventually have a significant impact on the price of electricity and oversea freight transport in a connecting world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbef995dcf7442dcbc5be1167653bc862023-08-02T03:41:45ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Ecosystem Health and Sustainability2332-88782020-12-016110.1080/20964129.2020.17669981766998Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countriesChai Qimin0Fu Sha1Wen Xinyuan2National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International CooperationNational Center for Climate Change Strategy and International CooperationNational Center for Climate Change Strategy and International CooperationIn order to understand better on medium-and long-term climate change issues in international cooperation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this paper is meant to assess the implementation of National Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the BRI countries and the emission constraints under the Paris Agreement to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, based on the Belt and Road Integrated Assessment Model (BRIAM) and the best available data. The results show that the BRI countries are expected to collectively reduce about 3.2 billion tons of CO2 emissions with the implementation of their NDCs by 2030. In order to achieve the global goal of 2°C, without appropriate mitigation burden sharing and enhanced climate finance support, the BRI countries will face big challenges to bridge the emission gaps. The investment in clean energy and related new infrastructures in BRI will rise sharply to above US$100 trillion by the end of this century accordingly with the increase in carbon price, which will also eventually have a significant impact on the price of electricity and oversea freight transport in a connecting world.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1766998belt and road initiativenational determined contributionsparis agreement2 degree celsiusintegrated assessment model |
| spellingShingle | Chai Qimin Fu Sha Wen Xinyuan Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countries Ecosystem Health and Sustainability belt and road initiative national determined contributions paris agreement 2 degree celsius integrated assessment model |
| title | Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countries |
| title_full | Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countries |
| title_fullStr | Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countries |
| title_short | Modeling the implementation of NDCs and the scenarios below 2°C for the Belt and Road countries |
| title_sort | modeling the implementation of ndcs and the scenarios below 2°c for the belt and road countries |
| topic | belt and road initiative national determined contributions paris agreement 2 degree celsius integrated assessment model |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1766998 |
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