Soapbox Climate

Climate change communication should focus less on specific numbers

Overemphasis on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius misses a key point, some experts say

photo of a climate protester holding a sign that reads 1.5 degrees

A protestor holds a “1.5 degrees” sign outside the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 12. One stated goal of the conference was to keep a global warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100 “within reach.”

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By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

What’s in a number? The goals of the 2021 United Nations’ climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, called for nations to keep a warming limit of 1.5