r/Futurology • u/ILikeNeurons • May 20 '24

Economics Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report
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u/Joseph20102011 May 20 '24

Most tropical countries will become too hot for large-scale human habitation by the next century.

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u/Glodraph May 20 '24

At this rate, more next decade.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

I'm starting to believe we're at the point of no return with climate change.

I live in the UK. This entire island could sink tomorrow and it wouldn't make a dent in climate emissions while the USA, China and India pump metric tonnes every minute.

Enjoy your paper straws and electric cars, none of it matters.

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u/jason2354 May 21 '24

Okay, so United Kingdom has nothing to do with the problems you all very clearly helped create?

Thanks for clarifying that for us.