'extreme danger kicks in somewhere between 3C and 4C above pre-industrial levels. At this point, a series of interlocking impacts threatens to send food production into a death spiral... A food deficit could result in billions starving.'
Even 1.5C - 2.9C may well be enough.
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Even 1.5C - 2.9C may well be enough.
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Agricultural systems are immediately vulnerable to any further warming.
There is plenty of peer-reviewed science suggesting 1.5°C - 2.9°C, which we're heading for by 2022-2044, will be enough to wreck food and water security, putting billions at risk.
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There is plenty of peer-reviewed science suggesting 1.5°C - 2.9°C, which we're heading for by 2022-2044, will be enough to wreck food and water security, putting billions at risk.
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Monbiot is right to discuss the possible death of billions. It is also vital that we keep hold of a key reality: 2C is going to mean a highly dangerous world, and appalling climate chaos and vast human misery at 2-3C looks entirely possible.
Lynas' book will be interesting.
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Lynas' book will be interesting.
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