Lost options commitment: How short-term policies affect long-term scope of action

Marina  Martinez Montero; Nuria Brede; Victor Couplet; Michel Crucifix; Nicola Botta; Claudia Wieners

doi:10.1093/oxfclm/kgae004

Lost options commitment: How short-term policies affect long-term scope of action

Marina Martinez Montero^*
, Nuria Brede
, Victor Couplet
, Michel Crucifix
, Nicola Botta
, Claudia Wieners

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	kgae004
Number of pages	20
Journal	Oxford Open Climate Change
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgae004
Publication status	Published - 12 Feb 2024

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Funding

This project is TiPES contribution No. 237: this project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 820970. VC is funded as Research Fellow by the Belgian National Fund of Scientific Research (F.S.R.-FNRS). CW is supported by the Dutch government under the Sectorplan science and technology.

Funders	Funder number
Belgian National Fund of Scientific Research
Dutch government under the Sectorplan science and technology
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	820970

Keywords

commitment
generational fairness
lost options
sustainability
vulnerability

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