The target is 1.5 degrees, but how do we get there?

The Paris climate agreement, which commits countries to “pursue efforts" to limit global warming to no more than 1.5℃ above pre-industrial temperatures, sends a much-needed political signal that the world is ready to take serious action on climate change.

But how do we actually go about limiting warming to 1.5℃? The Paris Agreement acknowledges that developed countries need to lead on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but action in developing countries will also need to be swift, with poorer countries requiring support for a rapid transition to a clean energy future.

Read the piece on The Conversation by the Professor of Global Environmental Politics at the College of the Atlantic, Doreen Stabinsky, and a PhD candidate, Australian German Climate and Energy College at the University of Melbourne, Kate Dooley - “We’ve got a climate goal of 1.5 degrees – so how do we get there?”