Any comment on this peer reviewed article by Richard Tol on that 2C
target:
Energy Policy
Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 424-432
Europe's long-term climate target: A critical evaluation
Abstract
The European Commission as a whole and a number of its Member States
individually have adopted a stringent long-term target for climate
policy, namely that the global mean temperature should not rise more
than 2 °C above pre-industrial times. This target is supported by
rather thin arguments, based on inadequate methods, sloppy reasoning,
and selective citation from a very narrow set of studies. In the
scientific literature on "dangerous interference with the climate
system", most studies discuss either methodological issues, or
carefully lay out the arguments for or against a particular target.
These studies do not make specific recommendations, with the exception
of cost-benefit analyses, which unanimously argue for less stringent
policy targets. However, there are also a few "scientific" studies
that recommend a target without supporting argumentation. Overall, the
2 °C target of the EU seems unfounded.
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