We asked 380 top #climate scientists what they felt about the #future...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the global south. (..) The world’s response to date is reprehensible – we live in an age of fools.”

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‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair

Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned

^{Alessia Amitrano (The Guardian)}

Worldwide income may fall by 19% by 2049 because of changes in #climate.

Poorer countries in the tropics that have historically contributed the least to #greenhouse gas #emissions will experience the greatest economic burden.

The huge $38 trillion annual price tag of climate-related damages is 6 times greater than the cost of mitigating emissions to meet the targets in the Paris Agreement.

https://eos.org/articles/climate-change-is-likely-to-slash-global-income

Climate Change Is Likely to Slash Global Income

A new study estimates that climate change could cost $38 trillion per year, but emissions mitigation and adaptation strategies could limit future damages.

^{Katherine Bourzac (Eos)}

#Microsoft’s #AI Push Imperils #Climate Goal as Carbon #Emissions Jump 30%

The company’s goal to be #carbon negative by 2030 is harder to reach, but President Brad Smith says the good AI can do for the #world will outweigh its environmental impact.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/microsoft-s-ai-investment-imperils-climate-goal-as-emissions-jump-30

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