New climate change calculations could buy the Earth some time — if they’re right https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_960w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2017-06-09/Reuters/2017-06-09T100100Z_209035472_RC1BB9C32400_RTRMADP_3_GLOBAL-SWF-ENVIRONMENT.jpg&w=900 Participants look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, near Paris, on Dec. 8, 2015. September 18, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/18/new-climate-calculations-could-buy-the-earth-some-time-if-theyre-right/ [with comments] Emission budgets and pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5?°C Published online 18 September 2017 http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo3031.html