Are we burning down the house?

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Are we burning down the house?

Overview

Main article: The Economist. (2021, July 24). The three-degree world; Burning down the house. 

Structure of the presentation:

• Introduction
• Three-part review
• Discussion + questions
• Sources

Introduction - Growing anomalies

Growing anomalies

The Paris Agreement (2015)

The current track of 2.9 degrees

1. Hold tight

• Exponential consequences temperature

• 1-in-100 years events

Critical “wet bulb” temperatures

2. We're in for nasty weather

 The likelihood of 

megadroughts

The risk of hunger

The rising sea level

and the risk of floods

World as we know it will change

3. There has got to be a way

Can we adapt?

Geoengineered rock or very hot place?

Carbon dioxide levels

Carbondioxide

Are we burning down the house?

Discussion

First statement: ''The Paris agreement must be honoured in order to maintain a liveable earth for our future generations.''

Second statement: ''Megadroughts, frequent floods and extreme hunger are inevitable problems of the future.''

Sources

Main article: The Economist. (2021, July 24). The three-degree world; Burning down the house. The Economist. https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/07/24/three-degrees-of-global-warming-is-quite-plausible-and-truly-disastrous

Further articles

1. Filby, H. (2018, March). Stephen Hawking’s Outlook on Climate Change. The Carbon Literacy Project. Retrieved 22 October 2021, from https://carbonliteracy.com/stephen-hawkings-outlook-on-climate-change/
2. Overbey, D. (2018, May 9). Dry-Bulb Temperature, Wet-Bulb Temperature and Enthalpy. Building Enclosure. Retrieved 22 October 2021, from https://www.buildingenclosureonline.com/blogs/14-the-be-blog/post/87596-dry-bulb-temperature-wet-bulb-temperature-and-enthalpy
3. Thober, S. (2018, January 3). Multi-model ensemble projections of European river floods and high flows at 1.5, 2, and 3 degrees global warming. IOPscience.Iop.Org. Retrieved 22 October 2021, from https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9e35/pdf
4. United Nations Climate Change. (2016). The Paris Agreement. Unfccc.Int. Retrieved 22 October 2021, from https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement