The challenge to keep global warming below 2 °C

Copenhagen Accord Pledges imply higher costs for staying below 2°C warming

(2012) Jasper van Vliet et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Marginalization of end-use technologies in energy innovation for climate protection

(2012) Charlie Wilson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global warming under old and new scenarios using IPCC climate sensitivity range estimates

(2012) Joeri Rogelj et al.   Nature Climate Change

Time to act now? Assessing the costs of delaying climate measures and benefits of early action

(2011) Michael Jakob et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

The representative concentration pathways: an overview

(2011) Detlef P. van Vuuren et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008

(2011) G. P. Peters et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Long-term climate implications of twenty-first century options for carbon dioxide emission mitigation

(2011) P. Friedlingstein et al.   Nature Climate Change

Emission pathways consistent with a 2 °C global temperature limit

(2011) Joeri Rogelj et al.   Nature Climate Change

Rapid growth in CO2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis

(2011) Glen P. Peters et al.   Nature Climate Change

What do near-term observations tell us about long-term developments in greenhouse gas emissions?

(2010) Detlef P. van Vuuren et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

(2010) Richard H. Moss et al.   NATURE

Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

(2009) Corinne Le Quéré et al.   Nature Geoscience

Do recent emission trends imply higher emissions forever?

(2008) Detlef P. van Vuuren et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Future scenarios for emissions need continual adjustment

(2008) Richard G. Richels et al.   NATURE