“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.

  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Not really. Economies started to slow down and crash when warming gets over 2°C and CO2 production crashes with it.

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      6 months ago

      The problem is that feedback loops start to kick in above 2°C so it doesn’t matter if the economy crashes.

      In fact, in some cases that makes things even worse. One example is that without smokestacks and ships pumping out sulfur dioxide the albedo of the atmosphere will rapidly drop, which might cause immediate and rapid warming over a period of only a few years.

      We could be pushed past 2.5°C or even 3°C without industrial forces contributing at all.