Title of document: The Climate Urgency: Setting sail for a new paradigm
Authors: CIDSE
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Year of publication: 2018
Geographic focus: Asia & Mekong region
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Summary:
This report aims to explore how a paradigm shift in our food and energy systems – supported by structural lifestyle and societal changes – could greatly contribute to limit rise in average global temperature to 1.5°C without relying on risky and unproven Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) or geoengineering