My impression (as a nonscientist who sometimes works with climate scientists) is that very few experts believe we have a realistic chance of holding to 2 degree

My impression (as a nonscientist who sometimes works with climate scientists) is that very few experts believe we have a realistic chance of holding to 2 degrees. Personally, I think the situation is likely much worse than reported in the mainstream media. There's a fear of scaring people too much, or making them give up in despair, so we keep hearing about how we "could" meet these increasingly farcical reduction targets, even as we're blowing past them.