Released in the run up to the G8 summit, this paper explains why global average temperature rise must be kept as far below 2°C as possible (from pre-industrial levels), based on a review of evidence of the impacts at different temperature ranges.
It explains how impacts on water resources, food production and ecosystems become catastrophic above that threshold, and how even faster warming will occur beyond that point.
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