The two reports — one by the International Energy Agency and the other by Australian scientists — focused on optimistic scenarios. If all goes right, they said, recent actions will trim two-or three-tenths of a degree Celsius 0.
Instead of 2. Still, both projections leave the world far from the 1. The planet has already warmed 1. The U. The intergovernmental agency said it was the first time projections fell below 2 degrees Celsius — a long-standing threshold for tipping points that some scientists say could bring even more dangerous and potentially uncontrolled warming.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Director Johan Rockstrom, who wasn't part of either research, said small differences at this temperature level are important: "Every tenth of a degree matters because it gets worse and worse. Scenarios that look at just short-term pledges, not net-zero ones, put warming at 2. So some outsider experts say the new projections should be viewed with caution.
The AP is solely responsible for all content. Two new analyses released on Thursday, Nov. Those however look at quite optimistic scenarios that might not come true.
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