The 1.5°C global mean warming target: A climate change explainer
Abstract What is the United Nations’ 1.5°C global mean warming target? In the first of an occasional series of explainers on the statistics and data underpinning our understanding of climate change, David B. Stephenson and Andrew Garrett answer some frequently asked questions. This first set of explainers focuses on the famous 1.5°C benchmark that is considered key to avoiding climate catastrophe.
Authors
- Alfred J. Garrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-6446)
- David B. Stephenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1511-8979)
Institutions
- Royal Statistical Society (GB)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (CH)
- UK Statistics Authority (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Significance
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmaf010
- Primary Topic
- Climate variability and models
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00