%T Limiting global warming to 1.5°C %A Jack Miller %I Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (United Kingdom) %D 2019 %K Climate change mitigation %U https://apo.org.au/node/221586 %X Under the Paris Agreement, almost all governments worldwide have agreed to collectively limit global warming to 'well below' 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures, and to 'pursue efforts' to limit this warming to 1.5°C. However, there has been 1°C of warming to date, and current international pledges could result in 3°C or more. %9 Briefing paper