Framing and Context (Chapter 1)

In An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways
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This chapter frames the context, knowledge-base and assessment approaches used to understand the impacts of 1.5°C global warming above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, building on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty.

Author:
M.R.
Allen
O.P.
Dube
W.
Solecki
F.
Aragon-Durand
W.
Cramer
S.
Humphreys
J.
Kala
N.
Mahowald
Y.
Mulugetta
R.
Perez
M.
Wairiu
K.
Zickfield
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