Experts agree that global heating of 4C by 2100 is a real possibility.
The effects of such a rise will be extreme and require a drastic shift
in the way we live
Drowned
cities; stagnant seas; intolerable heatwaves; entire nations
uninhabitable… and more than 11 billion humans. A four-degree-warmer
world is the stuff of nightmares and yet that’s where we’re heading in
just decades.
While governments mull various carbon targets aimed at keeping
human-induced global heating within safe levels – including new
ambitions to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 – it’s worth looking ahead
pragmatically at what happens if we fail. After all, many scientists
think it’s highly unlikely
that we will stay below 2C (above pre-industrial levels) by the end of
the century, let alone 1.5C. Most countries are not making anywhere near
enough progress to meet these internationally agreed targets.
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Climate-related events “expected to continue to damage infrastructure, ecosystems, and social systems,” study states
The U.S. government quietly issued a troubling new report on climate change
and mankind’s impact on the environment Friday. The 1,600-page
document, scheduled for release next month but instead dumped on Black
Friday, paints a bleak overview of the threat global warming poses in
the United States, both climatically and economically.
“Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the
history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human
activities,” National Climate Assessment researchers wrote in Volume II in their report on climate change.
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