Window on the climate challenge still ajar, just

摘要

Modelling of future climate under current scenarios released last week in Kampala by the Intergovernmental Panel onnClimate Change (IPCC) shows that it is ‘virtually certain’ that, on a global scale, hot days will become even hotter and willnoccur more often. In the same week, a research article inN ature Climate Change indicates that the window of opportunity fornlimiting average global temperature increase to 2°C above pre-industrial levels is swinging shut.