Sentences with phrase «danger limit»

The research also showed the financial sense in taking action to keep climate change under the 2C danger limit agreed by the world's nations.

Given the drought that already afflicts Australia, the crumbling of the sea ice in the Arctic, and the increasing storm damage after only 0.8 °C of warming so far, calling 2 °C a danger limit seems to us pretty cavalier.»

The plan will reduce energy - related greenhouse - gas emissions 80 % below 1990 levels by 2050, which will give us a fighting chance to avoid the 2 °C global warming «danger limit».

Figure 1: Average global surface warming (compared to pre-industrial temperature) projected under IPCC emissions scenarios A2 (business as usual; blue) and B1 (significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; green), compared to the 2 °C «danger limit» (red).

Instead of committing ourselves to 2.9 °C warming above pre-industrial levels as in business as usual, we're only committed to 2 °C, which keeps us right at the cusp of the global warming «danger limit.»

Plus rather than blowing past the danger limit with CO2 levels continuing to rise rapidly, we'll have set up the technologies and infrastructure necessary to continue reducing emissions to safe levels.