UKSBS OJEU CR16131BEIS The implications of global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C

In Paris last year, 195 countries agreed to "hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C" (herein referred to as "the global temperature goal"). The UK would like to understand the different ways "well-below" 2°C can be interpreted, the implications of achieving the global temperature goal, and what this would mean for a national "net zero greenhouse gas emissions" goal. This short programme of interd...