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6.A. - Page 93 of 251 <br />WE DESTROY THE PLANET <br />HIGHEST EMISSIONS SCENARIO <br />Annual carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise through 2100, rising 10B percent above 2010 <br />levels by 2050. <br />35 <br />d 25 0511 Global <br />tomperatura <br />a Increases by <br />�? 15 2045 up to 4.8° C. <br />LLJ F 10 Year the carbon burl ea Is exhausted. <br />C <br />5 locking In 2°C ofwarming. <br />d <br />-5 <br />2012 2020 2030 2040 2050 2080 2070 2080 2090 2100 <br />Ahom 3991 more of��� In dhe 2690.q oboul 12 More dean AT Soyhmnyields in the <br />the projecaedglobal times ir,mehypeopie — larperaluredsewill j AmemnwauIddrop 44 <br />populadonWill iaM amerpamedmhe lilmlfhrirgdecmased 0 pemaniby M.'Ndh <br />mducad mumble annuallyeipmadto a rioihxd �Zq Go hgheramounts of <br />{ , gmuedwmrr immes tlheamoentdwamr prodLtun,lmiof 110 waming.wilm <br />a by the Ma amcialed With rrhieal mosystem firming Dodd be <br />compared m the 1"r good funr5orhe, ad virtually impwsida <br />IN0e. compared m rhe Fainraion of in Southeavlern gr3dl <br />16000. may animal and in 2101 <br />plait species. <br />www.wri.orglipcc-infographics <br />WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE <br />Appendix <br />As if that's not bad enough, there's one last "Highest Emissions" scenario (they should have called it the Doomsday <br />Scenario, really). It sees the carbon budget obliterated in 2045 and global temperatures increasing a whopping 4.8 <br />degrees by century's end. Many animals have become extinct and farming in some places, like southern Brazil, has <br />become impossible. <br />But won't we adapt to the new conditions, you might ask? Well, maybe. The scenarios here assume flat technology <br />development, not the leaps forward in innovation that we can hope for. We could have drought -resistant crops and <br />new ways of recycling and desalinating water, for instance, that could make these predictions less forceful. <br />The easier course, though, is to cut emissions. To have a fighting chance of coping with climate disorder, we have <br />to cut greenhouse gases quickly, not just wait until it's convenient. <br />ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ben Schiller is a New York staff writer for Fast Company. Previously, he edited a European management magazine and was a <br />reporter in San Francisco, Prague, and Brussels. <br />City of Redwood City Climate Action Plan 82 <br />398 <br />