Global warming: why the 2 °C goal is a political delusion (original) (raw)

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The papers by Malte Meinshausen and colleagues ('Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C' Nature 458, 1158–1162; 2009) and by Myles Allen and colleagues ('Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the trillionth tonne' Nature 458, 1163–1166; 2009) suggest that society could limit global warming below the widely discussed goal of 2 °C by adopting a cumulative budget for carbon emissions. Although they do underscore the difficulties, their prescriptions are only marginally relevant for policy design.

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    David G. Victor

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Victor, D. Global warming: why the 2 °C goal is a political delusion.Nature 459, 909 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/459909a

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