Description
This plan involves radical cuts in emissions by 2050, along with effective elimination of deforestation and substantial increases in natural CO2 sequestration from the planting of new trees.
This plan addresses the concerns expressed by some experts, such as NASA climate scientist James Hansen, that the 450 ppm stablization target advocated by the IPCC and IEA is too high. Hansen and others have called for a return to the 350 ppm atmospheric concentration of CO2 that prevailed prior to the industrial revolution. This is a tall order, since concentrations today are nearly 400 ppm.
This plan calls for developed country emissions in 2050 to be 95% below 2005 levels and for developing country emissions to decline between 65 and 75% by 2050. It also calls for the maximum feasible reductions in deforestation and the maximum feasible increases in CO2 sequestration from new tree planting.
By:
