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The climate policy narrative for a dangerously warming world

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  • Todd Sanford

    (Union of Concerned Scientists)

  • Peter C. Frumhoff

    (Union of Concerned Scientists)

  • Amy Luers

    (Skoll Global Threats Fund)

  • Jay Gulledge

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Abstract

It is time to acknowledge that global average temperatures are likely to rise above the 2 °C policy target and consider how that deeply troubling prospect should affect priorities for communicating and managing the risks of a dangerously warming climate.

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  • Todd Sanford & Peter C. Frumhoff & Amy Luers & Jay Gulledge, 2014. "The climate policy narrative for a dangerously warming world," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(3), pages 164-166, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate2148
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2148
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