Workshop on Coastal and Marine Implications of 1.5oC Global Warming and the Future of the Paris Agreement Event

Event details

2015 was a monumental year for the climate change community, where policy makers came together in Paris to agree on ‘holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels’. Since then, scientists have been working hard to produce evidence for a Special Report to be released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 8th October 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Several Southampton scientists have contributed scientific evidence towards this report, particularly on sea-level rise in coastal zones. SMMI is hosting a special seminar to recognise the importance of this report, where four Southampton scientists will present and discuss the science, contributions, and significance of their findings, in light of the important policy target of a warming of 1.5°C pre-industrial levels. This will be followed by a Panel Discussion on: I: ‘Implications of the Results – Science Needs’ and II: ‘Implications of the Results – Policy Needs’.