Description:
"This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC ‘... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C
above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways’ contained in the Decision of the 21st Conference
of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to adopt the Paris Agreement.1
The IPCC accepted the invitation in April 2016, deciding to prepare this Special Report on the impacts of global warming of
1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global
response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.
This Summary for Policymakers (SPM) presents the key findings of the Special Report, based on the assessment of the available
scientific, technical and socio-economic literature2
relevant to global warming of 1.5°C and for the comparison between global
warming of 1.5°C and 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The level of confidence associated with each key finding is reported using
the IPCC calibrated language.3
The underlying scientific basis of each key finding is indicated by references provided to chapter
elements. In the SPM, knowledge gaps are identified associated with the underlying chapters of the Report..."
Source/publisher:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Switzerland)
Date of Publication:
2018-10-00
Date of entry:
2019-09-29
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Geographic coverage:
Global
Language:
English
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Format:
pdf
Size:
1.51 MB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good
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