You’re likely to hear the term 2°C a lot during the next two weeks as world leaders, scientists and policymakers meet in Paris in one of the most important climate change conferences in years.
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They seek to come to a binding agreement that keeps the planet from warming 2 degrees Celsius from pre-Industrial temperatures.
But why that target? And what happens if we go past it? Climate Central’s chief meteorologist, Bernadette Woods Placky, has the answers.

