International climate targets good for global fisheries: B.C. researchers
VANCOUVER — Sticking to international targets for global temperature increases could have a major benefits for fisheries around the world, say researchers in British Columbia.
A new study from the University of British Columbia finds potential fish catches would be six million metric tons per year higher if the global temperature goes up by just 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared with a jump of 3.5 C.
The Paris agreement — the latest international deal on mitigating the effects of climate change — aims to limit the average global temperature increase by a maximum of two degrees by 2050.
Experts have predicted if the status quo remains, the Earth’s temperature would rise by at least three degrees.