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The Financial Times spoke with Dr Kris De MeyerÌýabout the language of thresholds, tipping points, and deadlines in climate communication in this article published on 20 September 2023.

The piece introduces the CAUÌýproject to create a set of climate change metricsÌýwhich aimsÌýto help people understand how climate change impacts their everyday lives in the here and now (rather thanÌýfueling doomsday narratives).

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With climate, there is no real substance attached to the idea that [a rise] above 1.5C is disaster and below is safe. 1.5C doesn’t help you to understand why that hot day in April when you went to the beach was an unusual day weather-wise, even though there was no catastrophe.

Better metrics allow scientists — and journalists — to link abstract climate data with everyday experience, explaining, for example, how Canadian heatwaves last year pushed up pasta prices in the UK.“ÌýÌý Ìýbut with climate, there is no real substance attached to the idea that [a rise] above 1.5C is disaster and below is safeÌýÌý Ìýbut with climate, there is no real substance attached to the idea that [a rise] above 1.5C is disaster and below is safe

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