The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change states that participating nations should seek to “avoid dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” In response, participating nations are planning and undertaking a wide variety of mitigation and adaptation actions, and investigation of options for mitigating and adapting to […]
Publications -
AVOID 1: First year results
A presentation on the results from the first year of the AVOID 1 programme […]
The AVOID 1 programme: an overview
A flyer introducing the AVOID 1 programme […]
AVOID 1: AVOID results for a pre-COP-16 briefing at Cancun
A summary of the AVOID programme and relevant findings for the C0P 16 conference.
Key points:
There is uncertainty in the size of the 2020 emission pledges.
For the most optimistic interpretation (around 48-49 GtCO2e) it is just about possible to limit warming to <2°C […]
AVOID 1: AVOID UK-USA Workshop on Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
14-16 September 2010
American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington DC
Introduction
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Science and Innovation Network, and the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR […]