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1/ Does this map show the collapse of civilisation and the deaths of 7 billion humans and trillions of animals by the 2050s?
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2/ The map shows a planet which is 4°C warmer.
We'll hit 2°C average global temperature rise or more within a decade or two and this alone will put billions of lives especially in the Global South at risk. We need immediate, international emergency action:
We'll hit 2°C average global temperature rise or more within a decade or two and this alone will put billions of lives especially in the Global South at risk. We need immediate, international emergency action:
3/ 4°C means the collapse of civilisation according to scientist, J. Schellnhuber.
The UK Met Office said this could happen by 2055 if we didn't stop pumping so many greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Ten years later we're pumping out more than ever.⚠️newscientist.com/article/dn1786…
The UK Met Office said this could happen by 2055 if we didn't stop pumping so many greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Ten years later we're pumping out more than ever.⚠️newscientist.com/article/dn1786…
4/ This scientific paper presents the 93% likelihood of 4°C by the end of the 2090s.
"if emissions follow a commonly used business-as-usual scenario, there is a 93 per cent chance that global warming will exceed 4C by the end of this century"
👇 independent.co.uk/environment/gl…
"if emissions follow a commonly used business-as-usual scenario, there is a 93 per cent chance that global warming will exceed 4C by the end of this century"
👇 independent.co.uk/environment/gl…
5/ Even if we stop all emissions immediately, 2°C- 3°C warming over the coming decades and centuries is already locked in.
Corporations emit over 35 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year. Emissions are rising & accelerating.⚠️
Feedbacks are the worry:
Corporations emit over 35 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year. Emissions are rising & accelerating.⚠️
Feedbacks are the worry:
6/ 'Alligators basking off the English coast; a vast Brazilian desert; the mythical lost cities of Saigon, New Orleans, Venice and Mumbai; and 90 per cent of humanity vanished. Welcome to the world warmed by 4°C'
90% of humans 'vanished' predicted in 2009:newscientist.com/article/mg2012…
90% of humans 'vanished' predicted in 2009:newscientist.com/article/mg2012…
