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Fig. 1: Present global temperatures relative to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial temperatures.
Fig. 2: Global temperature for CMIP5 model simulations with RCP2.6 projections.

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  1. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Crew Building, Edinburgh, UK

    A. P. Schurer, V. Scott & S. F. B. Tett

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK

    K. Cowtan

  3. NCAS-Climate, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK

    E. Hawkins

  4. Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science & Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA

    M. E. Mann

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Schurer, A.P., Cowtan, K., Hawkins, E. et al. Interpretations of the Paris climate target. Nature Geosci 11, 220–221 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0086-8

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