Not exact matches
Karlsson also refers to «natural variability during the Cambrian», but fails to inform his readers that at that time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
exceeded the pre-industrial level of 280 ppm by 15 - times (yes, fifteen times) without any known parallel
dangerous global warming.
Although there is considerable scientific evidence that limiting
warming to 1.5 degrees C is necessary to prevent very
dangerous warming, a fact implicit in the recent Paris Agreement in which nations agreed to work to keep
warming as close as possible from
exceeding 1.5 degrees C additional
warming, if the international community seeks to limit
warming to 2 degrees C it must assure that
global emissions do not
exceed the number of tons of CO2 emissions that will raise atmospheric concentrations to levels that will cause
warming of 2 degrees C.
The actual amount of emissions reductions that are needed between now and 2020 is somewhat of a moving target depending on the level of uncertainty that society is willing to accept that a
dangerous warming limit will be
exceeded, the most recent increases in ghg emissions rates, and assumptions about when
global ghg emissions peak before beginning rapid reduction rates.
Indeed, the market conditions and policies necessary to make the tar sands a cost - effective source of energy will almost certainly result in
dangerous levels of
global warming that will
exceed two degrees Celsius, the internationally agreed upon limit that will prevent climate change from destroying the planet.