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  • 20 October 2015

A third of safe carbon budget may be determined by urban policy decisions

One third of the world’s remaining safe carbon budget could be determined by urban policy decisions in the next five years, according to a new report from the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) which demonstrates that urban policy decisions before 2020 could determine up to a third of the remaining global carbon budget that is not already ‘locked-in’ by past decisions.