![]() If by some miracle we are able to limit warming to two degrees, we will only have to negotiate the extinction of the world’s tropical reefs, sea-level rise of several meters and the abandonment of the Persian Gulf. ![]() ![]() The odds of succeeding, according to a recent study based on current emissions trends, are one in 20. The Paris climate agreement - the nonbinding, unenforceable and already unheeded treaty signed on Earth Day in 2016 - hoped to restrict warming to two degrees. The world has warmed more than one degree Celsius since the Industrial Revolution.
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