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The Paris Agreement sets an ambitious long-term temperature goal to limit global warming to well below which target compared to pre-industrial levels?

A) 1.0°C, aiming for 0.5°C
B) 2.0°C, pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C
C) 3.0°C, with no further reduction targets
D) 4.0°C, to allow for economic growth

Explanation

The Paris Agreement's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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