Community climate simulations to assess avoided impacts in 1.5 and 2  °C futures

The Paris Agreement of December 2015 stated a goal to pursue efforts to keep global temperatures below 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels and well below 2 °C. The IPCC was charged with assessing climate impacts at these temperature levels, but fully coupled equilibrium climate simulations do not...

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Main Authors: B. M. Sanderson, Y. Xu, C. Tebaldi, M. Wehner, B. O'Neill, A. Jahn, A. G. Pendergrass, F. Lehner, W. G. Strand, L. Lin, R. Knutti, J. F. Lamarque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-09-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:https://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/8/827/2017/esd-8-827-2017.pdf