Background Info

Briefing : the facts and figures behind the seven requests in our petition

Discussion Paper : the systemic context and scientific basis which underpins our initiative and our petition

Slide Show : accompanying the Discussion Paper

Some key studies and sources:

IPCC (2018). Global Warming of 1.5 °C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. http://ipcc.ch/report/sr15/

United Nations Environment Programme (2018), Emissions Gap Report 2018, UNEP, Nairobi, http://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2018

IPBES (2019), Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment-report-biodiversity-ecosystem-services

European Commission (2018), A Clean Planet for all, A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy, Brussels, 28.11.2018 COM(2018) 773 final, https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/strategies/2050_en

European Commission (2018), In-depth analysis in support on the COM(2018) 773: A Clean Planet for all – A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy, https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/publication/depth-analysis-support-com2018-773-clean-planet-all-european-strategic-long-term-vision_en

European Commission, EPSC (2019), Europe’s Sustainability Puzzle, Broadening the Debate, https://ec.europa.eu/epsc/publications/other-publications/europes-sustainability-puzzle_en

Groupe d’experts pour le climat et le Développement Durable (2019), Rapport final, https://www.klimaatpanel.be/fr

IPCC (2019), Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems, https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/

IPCC (2019), IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/

OECD (2019), Accelerating Climate Action, Refocusing Policies through a Well-being Lens, http://www.oecd.org/tax/accelerating-climate-action-2f4c8c9a-en.htm

Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the Secretary-General, Global Sustainable Development Report 2019: The Future is Now – Science for Achieving Sustainable Development, (United Nations, New York, 2019), https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/gsdr2019

WMO (2019), United In Science, High-level synthesis report of latest climate science information convened by the Science Advisory Group of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/united_in_science

UN Environment (2019), Lessons from a decade of emissions gap assessments. Christensen, J. and Olhoff, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi. https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-10-year-summary

UN Environment (2019). Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People. Nairobi. DOI 10.1017/9781108627146, http://www.unenvironment.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-6

United Nations Environment Programme (2019). Emissions Gap Report 2019. UNEP, Nairobi, http://www.unenvironment.org/emissionsgap

Timothy M. Lenton, Johan Rockström, Owen Gaffney, Stefan Rahmstorf, Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (2019), Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against, Nature Comment, 27 November 2019, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03595-0

Ruth DeFries, Ottmar Edenhofer, Alex Halliday, Geoffrey Heal, Timothy Lenton, Michael Puma, James Rising, Johan Rockström, Alex C. Ruane, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, David Stainforth, Nicholas Stern, Marco Tedesco, Bob Ward (2019), The missing economic risks in assessments of climate change impacts, Policy Insight, September 2019, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment LSE, Earth Institute Columbia University, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publication/the-missing-economic-risks-in-assessments-of-climate-change-impacts/

Carmichael, R. (2019) Behaviour change, public engagement and Net Zero. A report for the Committee on Climate Change. Imperial College, https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/behaviour-change-public-engagement-and-net-zero-imperial-college-london

European Environmental Agency (2019), The European environment — state and outlook 2020, Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe (SOER 2020), https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer-2020

Pihl, E., Martin, M.A., Blome, T., Hebden, S., Jarzebski, M.P., Lambino, R.A., Köhler, C., Canadell, J.G., Ebi, K.L., Edenhofer, O., Gaffney, O., Rockström, J., Roy, J., Srivastava, L., Payne, D.R., Adler, C., Watts, S., Jacobsson, L., Sonntag, S. (2019), 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2019, Future Earth & The Earth League, Stockholm, 2019, https://futureearth.org/2019/12/06/10-new-insights-in-climate-science-2019/

European Commission (2019), COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, The European Green Deal, Brussels, 11.12.2019 COM(2019) 640 final, https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en

World Economic Forum (2020), The Global Risks Report 2020, http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-report-2020/

Patrick BOLTON, Morgan DESPRES, Luiz Awazu PEREIRA DA SILV, Frédéric SAMAMA, Romain SVARTZMAN (2020), The green swan, Central banking and financial stability in the age of climate change, Bank for International Settlements, https://www.bis.org/publ/othp31.pdf