
Simple Figure Manuscript Meinshausen et al. (2009) "Greenhouse gas emission targets for limiting warming to 2°C", Nature

Caption: 
Two possible futures. One in which no climate policies are implemented (red), and one with strong action to mitigate emissions (blue). Shown are fossil CO2 emissions (top panel) and corresponding global warming (bottom panel). The shown mitigation pathway limits fossil and land-use related CO2 emissions to 1000 billion tonnes CO2 over the first half of the 21st century with near-zero net emissions thereafter. Greenhouse gas emissions of this pathway in year 2050 are ~70% below 1990 levels. Without climate policies, global warming will cross 2°C by the middle of the century. Strong mitigation actions according to the blue route would limit the risk of exceeding 2°C to 25%. 

Background information: 
For more details, see Figure 2 in Meinshausen et al. (2009).

Copyright information: 
This figure can be freely used as long as the source is stated; licensed under the creative commons attribution license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/
Attribution: M. Meinshausen et al. (2009).
