Thursday, March 29, 2018

Reconciling Paris Agreement goals for temperature, emissions

03/29/2018 11:51 AM EDT

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As society faces the challenge of limiting warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius, new research finds an apparent contradiction: Achieving that goal doesn't necessarily require cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero, as called for in the Paris Agreement. But under certain conditions, even zero emissions might not be enough.


Full story at https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/news/132020/reconciling-paris-agreement-goals-for-temperature-emissions

Source
National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research


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