The adoption of the Paris Agreement is a historic milestone for the global response to the threat of climate change. Scientists are now being challenged to investigate a 1.5 °C world — which will require an accelerated effort from the geoscience community.
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Rogelj, J., Knutti, R. Geosciences after Paris. Nature Geosci 9, 187–189 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2668
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