A rise of two degrees centigrade in global temperatures — the point considered to be the threshold for catastrophic climate change which will expose millions to drought, hunger and flooding — is now «very unlikely» to be avoided, the world's leading climate scientists said yesterday. (heatisonline.org)
The departure from normal can be characterized by both the absolute value of the anomaly — such as the number of degrees Centigrade above or below normal as well as within the context of the long - term record through ranking and percentile which help indicate how frequently or infrequently such events have occurred in the past. (pacificclimate.org)
There was widespread acknowledgement that, as things currently stand, we are not on track for limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels. (climatenetwork.org)