Are we burning down the house?

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Are we burning down the house?

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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

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Introduction - Growing anomalies
Growing anomalies

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The Paris Agreement (2015)
The current track of 2.9 degrees

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1. Hold tight
  • Exponential consequences temperature

  • 1-in-100 years events

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Critical “wet bulb” temperatures

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2. We're in for nasty weather
 The likelihood of 
megadroughts

The risk of hunger

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The rising sea level
and the risk of floods
World as we know it will change

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3. There has got to be a way
Can we adapt?
Geoengineered rock or very hot place?

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Carbon dioxide levels
Carbondioxide

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Are we burning down the house?

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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.''

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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


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