The Paris Agreement from the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015 states that by 2050-2100, there should be a “balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases” (GHGs) to limit the global mean temperature rise to less than 2˚C relative to the pre-industrial climate. The purpose of this briefing note is to clarify what a ‘balance’ of greenhouse gases means in the context of the Paris Agreement and to discuss how this could be achieved.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/what-meant-%E2%80%98balancing-sources-and-sinks-greenhouse-gases%E2%80%99-limit-global-temperature
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rebecca-thomas
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dr-heather-graven
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/professor-sir-brian-hoskins
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/professor-iain-colin-prentice
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/grantham-institute
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emission-targets
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
