Huo, Jingwen;
Meng, Jing;
Zheng, Heran;
Parikh, Priti;
Guan, Dabo;
(2023)
Achieving decent living standards in emerging economies challenges national mitigation goals for CO2 emissions.
Nature Communications
, 14
, Article 6342. 10.1038/s41467-023-42079-8.
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Abstract
Emerging economies, low- and middle-income countries experiencing rapid population and GDP growth, face the challenge of improving their living standards while stabilizing CO2 emissions to meet net-zero goals. In this study, we quantify the CO2 emissions required for achieving decent living standards (DLS) in emerging economies. The results show that, compared to other regions, achieving DLS in emerging Asian and African economies will result in more additional CO2 emissions, particularly in the DLS indicators of Mobility and Electricity. Achievement of DLS in emerging economies will result in 8.6 Gt of additional CO2 emissions, which should not jeopardize global climate targets. However, a concerning trend arises as more than half of the emerging economies (62 out of 121) will face substantial challenges in aligning their expected emission growth for achieving DLS with their national emission mitigation targets.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Achieving decent living standards in emerging economies challenges national mitigation goals for CO2 emissions |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-023-42079-8 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42079-8 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178885 |
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