Nations that emit the most greenhouse gases would have the most responsibility to exceed the objective of 1.5 ° C
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Each country must be held responsible for the quantity of blame when the world exceeds the warming limit of 1.5 ° C – by allocating a “clean zero carbon debt” if it has pumped more than its fair share of programs, a team of climatologists offers.
The objective is to encourage those who have a greater responsibility for going beyond to be amends, for example, by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or by helping other countries to reach the Net-Zero faster.