A risk-seeking future

A risk-seeking future

A risk-seeking future, Published online: 03 September 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0281-z

The 2014 IPCC Assessment expresses doubt that the global surface temperature increase will remain within the 2 °C target without deploying risky carbon-capturing or solar radiation-deflecting technologies. New behavioural research suggests that, if the IPCC is right, citizens and policymakers will support such risk-taking.