So Will It Succeed in Limiting Global Warming?
Limiting? Yes, conceivably. It has been calculated that, if the INDCs so far submitted were to be implemented, they would limit global warming to about 2.7 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels. That’s about 1 degree less than predicted warming if the world continued on its present path path we are presently on, but in excess of the 2 degree limit to which the UNFCCC has already agreed, and which scientists say is the dangerous threshold that should not be exceeded. Of course, Paris is not by any means intended to be the final word.