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2015 - Joint climate change communiqué

05 July 2015 publication

The Microbiology Society joined 23 other prominent UK professional and learned societies in endorsing a joint communiqué on climate change published in the run up to United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 21. The communiqué states that scientific evidence indicates that if we are to have a reasonable chance of limiting global warming in this century to 2°C relative to the pre-industrial period, we must transition to a zero-carbon world by early in the second half of the century. The communiqué highlights the risks associated with climate change, responses needed, and societal and economic opportunities associated with climate mitigation and adaptation.