article_snippet.sent: Yet for all of its importance, I don't think the 2-degree threshold is as famous as the 2-degree threshold should be.
article_snippet.sent: All of those story ideas focus on what a 2-degree world might look like.
article_snippet.sent: And that work has led policy experts to conclude that a 2-degree world is something none of us should want.
article_snippet.sent: But here are some striking facts about what scientists expect a post-2-degree world to look like.
article_snippet.sent: Think of 2 degrees like a sort of speed limit -- or a zone of increased risk.
article_snippet.sent: And 2 degrees, policy experts agree, is certainly risky territory.
article_snippet.sent: Some writers have called for the world to abandon the 2-degree target, saying it's too ambitious, or even naive.
article_snippet.sent: If you think 2 degrees sounds bad, 5 degrees is far, far worse.
article_snippet.sent: The IPCC expects a 5-degree world to be characterized by "major extinctions around the globe" and a "reconfiguration of coastlines worldwide.
article_snippet.sent: Just beyond that, at 6 degrees, we're looking a "catastro-
article_snippet.sent: If we shoot for 2 degrees and end up at 3, that's still better (or less awful) than 5 or 6.