Lu et al. (2025): Earth system responses under a global 2 °C-target scenario aligned with China’s carbon neutrality pledge
Yixiong Lu, Lei Jin, Junting Zhong, Xiaoye Zhang, Yanwu Zhang, Fanghua Wu, Fang Zhang, Zhili Wang, Jie Zhang and Xiaoge Xin, IN: Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adfbfb
Achieving the Paris Agreement’s 2 °C target demands regionally tailored climate policies and proven negative emission strategies. Here, the authors use a novel SSP2-com scenario that integrates updated emissions trajectories, China’s carbon neutrality pledge, and late 21st century carbon dioxide removal (CDR) deployment to assess Earth system responses under a 2 °C-aligned pathway.