The emissions of future generations are included in the carbon legacy of their ancestors.
target in many countries. The European Climate Law, for example, targets net zero carbon emissions across the EU by 2050.Considering these efforts, the central assumptions underpinning the study need revisiting.
Assuming emissions decrease linearly to zero until 2050, and that the child does not reproduce in that time, a child born in 2022 will add seven years of carbon emissions to each parent’s lifetime carbon footprint. This is because in the 28 years to 2050, a linear decrease can be modelled as half the total amount on average with each parent responsible for half of their child’s footprint . Subsequent generations add zero emissions to this amount.
Progress towards net zero is stuttering, with current climate policy in many countries lagging behind their pledges.emissions rose four per cent
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