A recent study highlights the urgent need to strengthen climate goals, suggesting that the Paris Agreement's target of limiting warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) might be inadequate. Current predictions indicate that some regions may experience sea level rises of 8 to 12 inches per decade, far exceeding the adaptation capacities of coastal communities. Experts advocate for a safer target of 1.8°F, with some researchers pushing for a goal of 1°C to better prevent catastrophic melting of polar ice sheets and associated climate impacts.
"There have been a couple of quite high-profile papers recently... looking at safe planetary boundaries. They made the argument that 1°C is a better goal."
"Those studies were saying, 'We're warming. We really don't want to go past 1°C. We really don't want to exceed 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide.'"
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