Higher CO2 concentrations increase extreme event risk in a 1.5C world

The Paris Agreement1 aims to ‘pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.’ However, it has been suggested that temperature targets alone are unable to limit the risks associated with anthropogenic emissions2, 3. Here, using an ensemble of model simulations,...

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Main Authors: Baker, HS, Millar, RJ, Allen, MR, Karoly, DJ, Beyerle, U, Guillod, BP, Mitchell, D, Shiogama, H, Sparrow, SN, Woollings, T
Format: Journal article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018