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

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Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures. worldwide temperatures, as compared to pre-industrial temperatures. by Jack Rosebro. present temperatures, as well as temperatures projected for various. IPCC reference emissions scenarios, 2000—2100. Inset box represents.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ].

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