Sybrig Smit

Supporting the Paris Agreement through international cooperation: potential contributions, institutional robustness, and progress of Glasgow climate initiatives Kuramochi, Takeshi / Andrew Deneault / Sander Chan / Sybrig Smit / Natalie Pelekh Externe Publikationen (2024) in: npj Climate Action 3, article 31 DOI: https://doi.org/DOI:10.1038/s44168-024-00106-4 Open access Many sector-level cooperative initiatives involving both national governments and non-state actors were launched around the...

Abstract Many sector-level cooperative initiatives involving both national governments and non-state actors were launched around the 2021 Glasgow climate conference (COP26). However, there have been questions about whether and to what extent these initiatives could substantially contribute to achieving the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

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