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You want 2° max, you need zero emissions before the Governments also need to spill out the principles for
end of the century, you want 1.5°, you need zero sharing that budget they would like to apply. The most
emissions before 2050. In any case, differentiated straightforward approach is a per capita rule where
responsibility commands that Annex-I countries get every human being would get the same allowance.
down to zero way before 2050. This is well within our life Whoever criticizes per capita should come up with a
times, it is our generation’s task. And it is not all that better alternative. Grandfathering (whoever polluted
difficult: replace all fossil fuels with renewables. From most in the past gets most) is certainly not a viable
historical perspective, everybody was living zero alternative. The IPCC has made a list of equity principles
emissions lifestyles until a couple of generations ago. (http://kjells.a.wiki-site.com/index.php/Equity_Principles)
Only the last 1-2 generations have really messed up and which should serve as a starting point for this necessary
even forgotten about zero emission lifestyles. We will discussion.
need to get back on track. Plans already exist on an
individual, community, city, regional, national and global
level.
Per capita Emissions 2020