Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6BV9F)
World is on track for 2.7C and phenomenal' human suffering, scientists warn
Global heating will drive billions of people out of the climate niche" in which humanity has flourished for millennia, a study has estimated, exposing them to unprecedented temperatures and extreme weather.
The world is on track for 2.7C of heating with current action plans and this would mean 2 billion people experiencing average annual temperatures above 29C by 2030, a level at which very few communities have lived in the past.
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