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Hey @clarkamiller do you have a good STS take on the history and politics of the “2 degrees” figure for global warming?
For those who stumble on this later, here are articles I've found helpful so far in understanding the history of "2 degrees celsius" climate sensitivity global warming tipping point. @WarrenPearce @kalahar1 feel free to add more!
Shackley S and Wynne B (1996) Representing Uncertainty in Global Climate Change Science and Policy: Boundary-Ordering Devices and Authority. Science, Technology, & Human Values 21(3): 275–302.
van der Sluijs J, van Eijndhoven J, Shackley S, et al. (1998) Anchoring Devices in Science for Policy: The Case of Consensus around Climate Sensitivity. Social Studies of Science 28(2). SAGE Publications Ltd: 291–323. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/030631298028002004.
Shaw C (2009) The Dangerous Limits of Dangerous Limits: Climate Change and the Precautionary Principle. The Sociological Review 57(2_suppl). SAGE Publications Ltd: 103–123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01888.x.
Oppenheimer M and Petsonk A (2005) Article 2 of the UNFCCC: Historical Origins, Recent Interpretations. Climatic Change 73(3): 195–226. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-0434-8.
Randalls S (2010) History of the 2°C climate target. WIREs Climate Change 1(4): 598–605. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.62 .
Leemans R and Vellinga P (2017) The scientific motivation of the internationally agreed ‘well below 2°C’ climate protection target: a historical perspective. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 26–27. Open issue, part II: 134–142. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.07.010.
Morseletto P, Biermann F and Pattberg P (2017) Governing by targets: reductio ad unum and evolution of the two-degree climate target. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 17(5): 655–676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-016-9336-7.
