World has now warmed 1 degree Celsius from pre-industrial times and would warm another 0.6 degrees if CO2 emissions stopped today
Even if carbon dioxide levels stopped rising today, the world would still warm by 1.6 °C above pre-industrial levels –which is more than three-quarters of the way to the 2 °C limit the world is supposed to be aiming for. That is the implication of two sets of figures announced on Monday. Global average levels …