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A framework for emissions pathway classification in line with global mitigation objectives
Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, governments and economic actors have increasingly
been setting greenhouse gas emissions reduction or net zero targets. Amidst risks
of delayed action and greenwashing, there is need to understand whether climate related
targets and transition plans are consistent with the Paris Agreement. Climate change
mitigation scenarios can be used as inputs to design such targets and plans, and as
benchmarks to assess progress towards them. In this context, this paper proposes criteria
for selecting global climate change mitigation scenarios that can be considered consistent
with the Paris Agreement temperature goal and emissions objectives, based on state-of-the-art
literature on climate science and mitigation scenarios.