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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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achieve a maximal average 2 ºC rise in worldwide temperatures, assuming peak years of 2011, 2015, and 2020. Such issues have already been rendered acute in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which lost two uninhabited islets, Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea, to sea-level rise in 1999. In the political arena, the 1.5 C, is warranted.”.