New study puts the 1.5°C and 2.0°C temperature limits of the Paris Agreement into a historical climate context The Paris Agreement adopted in December 2015 during the COP21 climate conference stipulates that the increase in the global average temperature is to be kept well below 2°C above “pre-industrial levels” and that efforts are pursued to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above “pre-industrial levels.” Closer inspection of the treaty text, however, reveals that the term “pre-industrial levels” is nowhere defined in this epochal UN-document, that has meanwhile been ratified by 170 Parties.
Source: New Paper Questions Paris Agreement’s Dubious Temperature Limits
