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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. It is 2009 and the 35th G8 Summit. The political leaders – including Merkel, Sarkozy, Obama and Berlusconi – sign a declaration in which they recognize “the broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above preindustrial levels ought not to exceed 2°C.”

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