16 February, 2016

Amid the cheers comes the warning that it's not over yet

Paris activists remind the
 world what needs to happen.
Though world leaders recently cheered a historic agreement to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, a deal endorsed by 195 countries at the Paris Climate Summit last December, those who believe the climate crisis was put to bed should think again.

It's true this was the first time that countries, both rich and poor, committed to reducing their emissions in such a way as to maintain global temperature rise to maximum of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) with a pledge to try to keep it even lower. However, current global commitments will still bring us to around 3 degrees Celsius of warming through the year 2100 — well above the levels deemed dangerous for civilization.

Read Tom Liacas’s story on Mashable Australia - “Here's where climate activists are setting their sights in 2016.”

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