Despite the Paris Agreement pledge to keep global warming at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, projections are that current policies will result in 2.7°C warming by the end of the century. Two billion – 22 per cent of the projected end-of-century population – would be exposed to this at 2.7°C of global warming. “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C rather than 2.7°C would mean five times fewer people in 2100 being exposed to dangerous heat,” said Prof Lenton. Assuming a future population of 9.5 billion people, India would have the greatest population exposed at 2.7°C global warming – more than 600 million. Brazil would have the largest land area exposed to dangerous heat.

Source: Ethiopian News May 22, 2023 21:10 UTC