Stringent mitigation substantially reduces risk of unprecedented near-term warming rates

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 December 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00957-9

GHG mitigation is not likely to be detectable in global mean temperature before mid-century. However, a simple climate emulator and an Earth system model ensemble suggest that strong mitigation greatly decreases the likelihood of high rates of 20-year warming over the next two decades.