Lost options commitment: how short-term policies affect long-term scope of action
Journal article, 2024
We propose to explore the sustainability of climate policies based on a novel commitment metric. This metric allows to quantify how future generations’ scope of action is affected by short-term climate policy. In an example application, we show that following a moderate emission scenario like SSP2-4.5 will commit future generations to heavily rely on carbon dioxide removal or/and solar radiation modification to avoid unmanageable sea level rise.
sustainability
lost options
generational fairness
vulnerability
commitment
Author
Marina Martínez Montero
Universite catholique de Louvain
Nuria Brede
University of Potsdam
Victor Couplet
Universite catholique de Louvain
Michel Crucifix
Universite catholique de Louvain
Nicola Botta
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Functional Programming
Claudia Wieners
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht
Oxford Open Climate Change
26344068 (eISSN)
Vol. 4 1 kgae004Subject Categories
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Environmental Sciences
Climate Research
DOI
10.1093/oxfclm/kgae004