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Figure 3.19: Relationship between the stringency of the stabilization target (category I to VI) and 1) the time at which CO2 emissions have to peak (left-hand panel), and 2) the year when emissions return to present (2000) levels.
Data source: After Nakicenovic et al., 2006, and Hanaoka et al., 2006.