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"There is a good chance we will miss it," Oppenheimer says. "But it still tells us where science thinks we should be, and where we need to get back to. Missing it doesn't mean that the Earth will explode or that climate policy will end. It just puts a sharp point on the fact that we goofed."
"Maintaining it forces us to continue to pretend that it's feasible and focuses people's attention on a number that isn't very well connected to the damage humans are doing to the climate."
Oppenheimer said that there is a good chance we will miss it, but it still tells us where science thinks we should be, and where we need to get back to. Missing it doesn't mean that the Earth will explode or that climate policy will end. It just puts a sharp point on the fact that we goofed.
David Victor, a professor of international relations at the University of California, San Diego said that maintaining it forces us to continue to pretend that it's feasible and focuses people's attention on a number that isn't very well connected to the damage humans are doing to the climate.