The world as we know it could end in mere decades if drastic changes aren't made to mitigate climate change, according to a think tank report.
Climate change represents “a near-to midterm existential threat to human civilization,according to an analysis by the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration.
There is"broad scientific acceptance" that tipping points for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the seat-ice-free Arctic summer will pass well before 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, according to the report. The Greenland Ice Sheet will melt well before 2 degrees Celsius of warming, and a widespread permafrost loss and large-scale drought in the Amazon will occur by 2.5 degrees of warming.
The warming will also bring more than 20 days annually of"lethal heat conditions, beyond the threshold of human survivability, scientists report. Deadly heat conditions will persist for more than 100 days a year in west Africa, tropical South America, the Middle East and southeast Asia, which will displace more than a billion people from those areas.
Most regions in the world will see a significant drop in food production due to the adverse environmental effects, causing prices to skyrocket and leaving an inadequate amount of food to feed the global population.
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