Global drought and severe drought-affected populations in 1.5 and 2 °C warmer worlds

The 2015 Paris Agreement proposed a more ambitious climate change mitigation target on limiting global warming to 1.5 °C instead of 2 °C above preindustrial levels. Scientific investigations on environmental risks associated with these warming targets are necessary to inform climate policymaking...

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Main Authors: W. Liu, F. Sun, W. H. Lim, J. Zhang, H. Wang, H. Shiogama, Y. Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-03-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:https://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/9/267/2018/esd-9-267-2018.pdf