The importance of the 2 degree C warming limit
This is a repost of a little essay by me and Florentin Krause that came out on Climate Progress on Dec. 6, 2009.
The linked blog post summarizes why the 2 degree C temperature limit is so critical to understanding solutions to the climate change problem. Florentin and I were two of the three coauthors on the first comprehensive analysis of the implications of a 2 degree C warming limit back in 1989, two decades before the G8 nations accepted this normative target. The 1989 book (subsequently republished as Energy Policy in the Greenhouse by Wiley in 1992) can be accessed online at the URL below:
Krause, Florentin, Wilfred Bach, and Jon Koomey. 1989. From Warming Fate to Warming Limit: Benchmarks to a Global Climate Convention. El Cerrito, CA: International Project for Sustainable Energy Paths. <http://www.mediafire.com/file/pzwrsyo1j89axzd/Warmingfatetowarminglimitbook.pdf>
