The implications of COP21 for our future climate

Le Quéré, Corinne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-0452 (2016) The implications of COP21 for our future climate. Public Health Reviews, 37. ISSN 0301-0422

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Abstract

Rising CO2 in the atmosphere is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and the data shows a clear increase in global temperature of about 1 °C since pre-industrial levels. Changes in climate extremes are also occurring, with observed increases in the frequency of heat waves, in intense precipitation (rainfall and snowfall) in many places, and in sea level and storm surges. A changing climate with rising extremes has associated risks for food production and other health-related impacts. In order to limit climate change well below 2 °C, our carbon emissions must rapidly follow a decreasing trajectory to near zero.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate change,co2 emissions,global warming,cop21,health ,sdg 2 - zero hunger,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Related URLs:	http://publichealthreviews.biomedcentral...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2016 00:07
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 01:05
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61713
DOI:	10.1186/s40985-016-0038-z

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