From a current perspective the Paris Agreement is not sufficient to limit the global mean temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial level as intended. The Agreement stipulates that parties review, compare and ratchet up efforts to combat climate change over time. Within this process,...

The authors propose a policy package of low-carbon growth stimulation through a steep increase in sustainable infrastructure, mobilizing sustainable finance, and adoption of carbon pricing to simultaneously achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The paper analyses the synergies and trade-offs between emission reduction policies and sustainable development objectives. Specifically, it provides an ex-ante assessment that the impacts of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), submitted under the Paris Agreement, will have on the...

The Paris Agreement has achieved one of two key necessary conditions for ultimate success - a broad base of participation among the countries of the world. But another key necessary condition has yet to be achieved - adequate collective ambition of the individual nationally determined...

Global greenhouse gas emissions need to be substantially reduced to avoid dangerous climate change. As emission reductions in one country also benefit all other countries, international cooperation is needed for effective emission mitigation. It is not immediately clear if stable global climate...