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Fig. 1: Present global temperatures relative to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial temperatures.
Fig. 2: Global temperature for CMIP5 model simulations with RCP2.6 projections.

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Schurer, A.P., Cowtan, K., Hawkins, E. et al. Interpretations of the Paris climate target. Nature Geosci 11, 220–221 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0086-8

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