Short-Lived Climate Forcers - MARAMA

Even aggressive CO 2 reductions, may not keep climate change fromapproaching 2ºC by mid-century2011 UNEP Assessment Report (draft)Figure 3. Observed temperatures (to 2009) and projections under various scenarios. Immediateimplementation of the identified BC and methane measures, together with measures to reduce CO 2 , emissions wouldgreatly improve the chances of keeping Earth’s temperature increase to less than 2 o C relative to pre-industrial levels.