Climate Interactive: The C-Roads Climate Policy Model
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C-ROADS Sterman et al SDR.PDF
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Author(s)
Sterman, John
Fiddaman, Thomas
Franck, Travis Read
Jones, Andrew
McCauley, Stephanie
Rice, Philip
Sawin, Elizabeth
Siegel, Lori
Date Issued
July 2012
Journal
System Dynamics Review
Publisher
Wiley Blackwell
Citation
Sterman, John et al. “Climate Interactive: The C-ROADS Climate Policy Model.” System Dynamics Review 28.3 (2012): 295–305.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
In 1992 the nations of the world created the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) to negotiate binding agreements to address the risks of climate
change. Nearly every nation on Earth committed to limiting global greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions to prevent “dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system,” [superscript 1]
which is generally accepted to mean limiting the increase in mean global surface temperature to
2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels.[superscript 2] High hopes were dashed at the 2009 Copenhagen climateconference when face-to-face negotiations among heads of state collapsed. Instead, nations were encouraged to make voluntary pledges to reduce their emissions. Those pledges
currently fall significantly short of what is needed (UNEP, 2010) while GHG emissions have
risen to record levels despite the great recession that began in 2008.
MIT Department
Sloan School of Management
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https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.1474
