±0.0+0.5+1.0+1.5+2.0+3.0+4.0+5.0°C1890190019101920193019401950196019701980199020002010202020302040205020602070208020902100"Hot-house Earth": warming incompatiblewith human civilization, most of the planetbecomes uninhabitable, possible populationreduction to one billion.Some summers so hot thatstepping outside could be lethal.High risk of food shortages.Deadly heatwaves every summer, hundredsof drowned cities, devastation of the majorityof eco-systems, more tipping points arecrossed, leading to intensified warming.High risk of reversing of carbon cycle triggering runaway warming spiral.Droughts and famine for billions ofpeople, leading to chaos and wars.More extreme heatwaves, morefloods, more doughts.Increased intensity and frequencyof extreme weather events.Likely tropical crop yield declineand food supply instabilities.5% chanceof stayingbelow 2.1°C5% chanceof reaching+4.9°Cmost likelyscenario+3.2°C 201920th century averagemost likelyscenario+3.2°C
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The solid line shows 5-year average of global land and ocean temperature anomalies (NOAA). Dotted lines show different percentiles of warming predictions according to Raftery et.al, 2017. Inspired by The Guardian.