The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5°C
Hoegh-Guldberg, O.; Jacobs, D.; Taylor, M.; Guillén Bolaños, T.; Bindi, M.; Brown, S.; Camilloni, I.A.; Diedhiou, A.; Djalante, R.; Ebi, K.; Engelbrecht, F.; Guiot, J.; Hijioka, Y.; Mehrotra, S.; Hope, C.W.; Payne, A.J.; Pörtner, H.-O.; Seneviratne, S.I.; Thomas, A.; Warren, R.; Zhou, G. (2019). The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5°C. Science (Wash.) 365(6459): eaaw6974. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw6974
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
- Jacobs, D.
- Taylor, M.
- Guillén Bolaños, T.
- Bindi, M.
- Brown, S.
- Camilloni, I.A.
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- Diedhiou, A.
- Djalante, R.
- Ebi, K.
- Engelbrecht, F.
- Guiot, J.
- Hijioka, Y.
- Mehrotra, S.
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- Hope, C.W.
- Payne, A.J.
- Pörtner, H.-O.
- Seneviratne, S.I.
- Thomas, A.
- Warren, R.
- Zhou, G.
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| Abstract |
Climate change will be the greatest threat to humanity and global ecosystems in the coming years, and there is a pressing need to understand and communicate the impacts of warming, across the perspectives of the natural and social sciences. Hoegh-Guldberg et al. review the climate change–impact literature, expanding on the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They provide evidence of the impacts of warming at 1°, 1.5°, and 2°C—and higher—for the physical system, ecosystems, agriculture, and human livelihoods. The benefits of limiting climate change to no more than 1.5°C above preindustrial levels would outweigh the costs. |
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