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Aiming low: The ambition deficit in global emissions reductions / Kristin Hayes, Common Resources, 5/12/2012http://common-resources.org/2012/aiming-low-the-ambition-deficit-in-global-emissions-reductionAs in Durban, a notable concern at this COP is the “ambition deficit”—that is, the significant gap between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recommended level of emissions reductions—those required to limit global temperature rise to 2°C—and the level of emissions reductions currently committed to by countries worldwide. In other words, everyone is aiming low on an issue that many believe requires countries to aim extremely high...