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1. Earth would become uninhabitable at 6°C.

2. We're currently heading towards 6°C by the end of the century.

3. The unthinkable threat grows more grave every day: humans could be extinct within decades.

4. Billions of lives are at risk, and yet this reality isn't in the news.
From 2015:

'If we follow our current, business-as-usual trajectory [representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5; 4.3°C rise], climate change threatens one in six species (16%).' science.sciencemag.org/content/348/62…

2019:

New climate models: 7°C by 2100 possible.vice.com/en_us/article/…
'...this civilization could lead to a catastrophic warming of 7 degrees C. by the year 2100. This is devastating news. Previously, scientists suggested the limits of humanity begin at 4 degrees C. So now we know the stakes. It is literally change or die'ecoshock.org/2019/09/7-degr…
Co-extinctions annihilate planetary life during extreme environmental change:

🔺Climate breakdown + plant loss are dooming species at an unprecedented rate.
truthout.org/articles/killi…

🔺5°C - 6°C could well mean human extinction.
nature.com/articles/d4158…
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