Carbon Budgets Explained
Our latest paper Carbon Budgets Explained, takes a look in to how and why we determine the carbon budget, and what lies beneath the different 2°C budgets published by different institutions.
What lies beneath Carbon Budgets?
The paper explains how the likelihood of a certain temperature outcome used, and five variables can affect the overall size of the carbon budget.
1. Time – what defines ‘pre-industrial’?
2. Sector – emissions from energy only, or total carbon budget
3. Greenhouse gases – CO₂ only, or non- CO₂ greenhouse gas emissions as well
4. Fossil fuel shares – the split of coal, gas and oil
5. Carbon Capture and Storage
Watch this short animation explaining how we determine the carbon budget. 
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