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On pace to see climate disruption outside the realm of human experience
Warmer and warmer …
By Summit Voice
FRISCO — You can almost hear global warming deniers gnashing their teeth and pulling out their hair as staid organizations like the World Bank take a hard look at the economic and environmental realities of climate change.
In a report prepared for the global financial institution, the Berline-based Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics warned that, without a drastic reduction in greenhouse gases, the world is on a path to warm at least four degrees Celsius, which could result in a “world of risks beyond the experience of our civilization — including heat waves … sea-level rise affecting hundreds of millions of people, and regional yield failures impacting global food security.
“The planetary machinery tends to be jumpy, this is to respond disproportionately to disruptions that come with the manmade greenhouse effect,” PIK’s director Hans Joachim Schellnhuber said. “If we venture far beyond the 2-degree guardrail, towards 4 degrees, we risk crossing tipping points in the Earth system. (more…)
Filed under: business, climate and weather, economy, Environment, global warming | Tagged: climate change, Current sea level rise, global warming, Jim Yong Kim, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, World Bank | 1 Comment »
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