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Title: The Climate Policy Narrative for a Dangerously Warming World

Abstract

It is time to acknowledge that global average temperatures will likely rise above the 2 C policy target and consider how that deeply troubling prospect should affect priorities for communicating and managing the risks of a dangerously warming climate.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Union of Concerned Scientists
  2. Skoll Global Threats Fund
  3. ORNL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1121812
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nature Climate Change
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1758--678X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
climate change; scientific uncertainty; risk management

Citation Formats

Sanford, Todd, Frumhoff, Peter, Luers, Amy, and Gulledge, Jay. The Climate Policy Narrative for a Dangerously Warming World. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1038/nclimate2148.
Sanford, Todd, Frumhoff, Peter, Luers, Amy, & Gulledge, Jay. The Climate Policy Narrative for a Dangerously Warming World. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2148
Sanford, Todd, Frumhoff, Peter, Luers, Amy, and Gulledge, Jay. 2014. "The Climate Policy Narrative for a Dangerously Warming World". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2148.
@article{osti_1121812,
title = {The Climate Policy Narrative for a Dangerously Warming World},
author = {Sanford, Todd and Frumhoff, Peter and Luers, Amy and Gulledge, Jay},
abstractNote = {It is time to acknowledge that global average temperatures will likely rise above the 2 C policy target and consider how that deeply troubling prospect should affect priorities for communicating and managing the risks of a dangerously warming climate.},
doi = {10.1038/nclimate2148},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1121812}, journal = {Nature Climate Change},
issn = {1758--678X},
number = 3,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}