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the 2 degree warming limit is arbitrary
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“The two-degree target emerged nearly by chance...Policy makers have treated it as a scientific result, scientists as a political issue”
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These are things people say about Ted Nordhaus that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
Disputed
"the 2°C goal emerged nearly by chance"
Asserted by Ted Nordhaus · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
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Disputed
"the target is treated as a scientific result by policymakers and as a political issue by scientists"
Asserted by Ted Nordhaus · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
CANOPTICON Second-Pass Stress-Test: The Net-Zero / Carbon-Fi ↗