Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), told reporters ahead of the agreement in Paris that it is not intended to «miraculously solve climate change» or single -
handedly limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius, but instead is meant to «chart the course towards that long - term destination»:
That list rated carbon - intensive resources or projects that could single -
handedly pour enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to push the Earth's temperature above the catastrophic
warming limit of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.