Definition

How much warmer the planet will get on average if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles from pre-industrial levels.

Further reading
Climate Sensitivity - MIT Climate Portal [website]
What is ‘climate sensitivity’? - Met Office [website]
Related

climate feedbacks; Earth System Sensitivity (ESS); effective climate sensitivity; Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS); feedback effects; Paris Agreement; radiative forcing; Transient Climate Response (TCR) 

See also
Climate change
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Drafted by
Chris Graham
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TBC