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temperature increase to 2 °C. These values were picked up in the IPCC Fourth
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He and colleagues broke down the challenge of net-zero global greenhouse gas emissions into actionable sectoral benchmarks. For example, in 2016, they argued that this would mean the end of sales of cars with internal combustion engines by 2035. In 2021, the
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His PhD thesis work of 2005 on sharing the effort of reducing greenhouse gas emissions between countries contains the statement that developed countries would need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% to 40% in 2020 compared to 1990 and 80% to 95% by 2050 to be compatible with limiting global
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Kuramochi, T.; Höhne, N.; Schaeffer, M.; Cantzler, J.; Hare, B.; Deng, Y.; Sterl, S.; Hagemann, M.; Rocha, M.; Yanguas-Parra, P.A.; Mir, G.-U.-R.; Wong, L.; El-Laboudy, T.; Wouters, K.; Deryng, D.; Blok, K. (2018). "Ten key short-term sectoral benchmarks to limit warming to 1.5 °C".
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Höhne, Niklas; den Elzen, Michel; Rogelj, Joeri; Metz, Bert; Fransen, Taryn; Kuramochi, Takeshi; Olhoff, Anne; Alcamo, Joseph; Winkler, Harald; Fu, Sha; Schaeffer, Michiel; Schaeffer, Roberto; Peters, Glen P.; Maxwell, Simon; Dubash, Navroz K. (4 March 2020).
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Höhne, N.; Blum, H.; Fuglestvedt, J.; Skeie, R.B.; Kurosawa, A.; Hu, G.; Lowe, J.; Gohar, L.; Matthews, B.; Nioac de Salles, A.C.; Ellermann, C. (2011). "Contributions of individual countries' emissions to climate change and their uncertainty".
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secretariat. In 2001, he joined Ecofys, a leading climate and energy consultancy. In 2005, he received his PhD from the
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Rogelj, J.; Nabel, J.; Chen, C.; Hare, W.; Markmann, K.; Meinshausen, M.; Schaeffer, M.; Macey, K.; Höhne, N. (2010). "Copenhagen Accord pledges are paltry".
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Höhne, N.; den Elzen, M.G.J.; Weiss, M. (2006). "Common but differentiated convergence (CDC): a new conceptual approach to long-term climate policy".
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Emissions Gap reports since 2010. He created the
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