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When it comes to the fight against climate change, there's a lot of finger-pointing to be doneand a lot of finger-pointing to be done in the form of carbon dioxide emissions.
The New York Times takes a look at some of the arguments being made in favor of keeping the global average temperature from rising 3.6 degrees over pre-industrial levels, or 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, at 2 degrees Celsius or less.
Here's a look at some of the arguments being made in favor of keeping it at that level: Scientists say it's not only possible to keep the temperature from rising 3.6 degrees Celsius, but it's also possible to keep it from rising more than that if we don't act now.
A recent study found that it's possible to keep the temperature from rising more than 4 degrees Celsius if we don't act now, but that's unlikely to happen if we don't act.
If we don't act, it's possible to keep the temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius if we don't act.
A paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that it's possible to keep the temperature from rising more than 4 degrees Celsius Read the Entire Article
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Entrepreneurs Unlocked, a Bolton-based social enterprise, has received National Lottery funding to expand its mentoring program to 200 prison inmates in the Northwest.
