Sentences with phrase «hold global average temperature rise»

A new report from Oxfam tries to put a human face on the suffering that climate change will cause in the future, even if we muster the political will to hold global average temperature rise to 2 °C, as well as what's already happening around the globe.

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The document cites a goal of holding the global rise in average global temperatures to 2 ºC but does not specify a long - term goal for reducing emissions.

Many governments believe that holding the average global temperature rise caused by man - made warming to 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels gives the world the best chance to avoid dangerous climate change.

One [dataset], held at the National Climate Data Centre (NCDC), run by America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, suggests that global temperatures rose by an average of 0.074 C since 1997.

However, as average global temperatures rise, the atmosphere is able to hold more water vapour, which in turn can add to the enhanced greenhouse effect, raing temperatures further.

In Paris, in 2015, the countries of the world agreed (again) on the moral imperative to hold the rise in global average temperature to under 2 degrees Celsius, and to pursue «efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees.»

Even if we succeed in holding global temperature rise to 2C or 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, both average and extreme temperatures in some regions could still climb way beyond these limits, the researchers say.

Labelled as the first - ever universal, legally binding global climate deal, the Paris Agreement was adopted by the 195 UNFCCC Member States at the Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) on 12 December 2015, with a view to hold the Earth's average temperature rise to well below 2 °C, preferably to no more than 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.