How Is Climate Change Affecting People?

2 ° C would be disastrous for much of the world.   Indeed, African delegates at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen cried out “2 degrees is suicide” for their countries.

Environmental Impacts: The frequency of climate-related disasters is projected to triple from 2009 to 2030. These events would impact 660 million people each year, mostly in less developed countries with less infrastructure.

Further Learning

• Oxfam International’s “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People, and Poverty”
• Mark Lynas’s “Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet”

Source:

• Toensmeier, Eric (2016-02-22). The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security. Chelsea Green Publishing. Kindle Edition.