claim: “Even if we meet the Paris goals of two degrees warming, cities like Karachi and Kolkata will become close to uninhabitable, annually encountering deadly heat waves like those that crippled them in 2015.
evidence: The aim of the agreement is to decrease global warming described in its Article 2, enhancing the implementation of the UNFCCC through : ( a ) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; ( b ) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; ( c ) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.