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0.7-Meter Minimum Global Sea-Level Rise by 2300, Even With Paris Agreement

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:03:37 +0000

“Every delay in peaking emissions by five years between 2020 and 2035 could mean additional 20 cm of sea-level rise in the end—which is the same amount the world’s coasts have experienced since the beginning of the pre-industrial era,” asserts Matthias Mengel from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). This means that even […]

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France to US: “No Paris Agreement, No Trade Agreement”

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:25:17 +0000

“One of our main demands is that any country who signs a trade agreement with EU should implement the Paris Agreement on the ground. No Paris Agreement, no trade agreement. The US knows what to expect,” states French foreign affairs minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne last week, in front of his country’s parliament. The statement was made by Lemoyne […]

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Earth Warming Limit of 1.5°C, Still Achievable

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:52:16 +0000

The geophysical probability of controlling the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5°C, as agreed internationally through the Paris Climate Agreement, was investigated in a study conducted by a team of researchers at Oxford University. It concludes that it is still possible to achieve but requires higher emission reductions than the levels vowed so far. […]

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