| What Exactly IS "Dangerous Climate Change?" Issue1 #473045 The concept of dangerous climate change is complicated by several factors. First is the significant uncertainty around the timing of actual climate change, and the sensitivity of the climate system to GHG concentrations. Second is that we think about climate change using global average temperatures, like 1.5° or 2°, but the impacts of climate change or local. Any amount of climate change will be dangerous for someone somewhere. So it's tricky to identify a clear threshold for dangerous change. |
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