Imagine summer temperatures 7 degrees hotter than today – that’s the disturbing future climate scientists now foresee by 2200. A comprehensive new study reveals that even moderate emission cuts won’t prevent devastating global warming impacts, from starvation as crops fail to entire regions becoming uninhabitable due to extreme heat.
What keeps researchers up at night are the climate feedback loops they’ve identified – chain reactions where warming triggers events that cause even more warming. The study provides sobering evidence that current climate pledges fall dangerously short, with only the most aggressive emission reduction plans having any chance of meeting international climate goals. As one researcher put it, “We’re in a race against time, and we’re currently losing.”
