GCF XLI: Science-Based Targets

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Location
MIT campus, Cambridge, MA

More than 300 companies have committed to implementing science-based targets as a measurable, verifiable way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at levels consistent with the aims of the Paris Agreement. This Global Change Forum explored the foundations of science-based targets and the challenges of implementing them.

Forum attendance is by invitation only.

Hotel rooms at a reduced rate were available at the Boston Marriott Cambridge (50 Broadway, Cambridge MA) adjacent to MIT Campus.

41st Global Change Forum: Event Summary

 

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XLI MIT Global Change Forum Sponsor Agenda
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XLI Session 2a: Avoided Risks and Returns: Where can science support?
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XLI Session 2b: Science-based, not scenario-based: Measuring progress to a long-term temperature goal
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XLI Session 3a: Emissions paths consistent with remaining below 2C
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XLI Session 3b: Cost-benefit analysis of climate targets
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XLI Session 4a: Sectoral emission reduction targets and technology options
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XLI Session 4b: Science-based targets and electric power sector decarbonization
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XLI Session 5a: Challenging sectors for mitigation
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XLI Session 5b: Decarbonizing the global industrial sector: challenges and opportunities
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XLI Session 5c: Challenging sectors for mitigation: agriculture, forestry, and other land uses
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XLI Session 6a: Climate change in the Trump era
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XLI Session 6b: Update on views for Paris: policy implications for the E.U.
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XLI Session 6d: Overview of China's climate policy initiative