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6.A. - Page 213 of 251 <br />WE DESTROY THE PLANET <br />35 <br />0 <br />C) <br />a 255 <br />C 20 <br />0 <br />N 15 <br />LL' 10 <br />C <br />5 <br />0 <br />9 <br />HIGHEST EMISSIONS SCENARIO <br />Annual carbon dioxide ernissions continue to rise through 2100, rising 108 percent above 2010 <br />levels by 2050. <br />2012 2020 2030 2040 2050 2080 2070 2080 2090 2100 <br />Global <br />tsmperature <br />IncrGasos lay <br />up to 4.8'O. <br />6 Abou138%momoi��� In the 2M, eboul 12 Nora dean AT d Sopbmnyieldc in the <br />die proiemdglobal times�melypeople — 1[rlperamreflauwill Ammon would drop 44 <br />populafian will fayAtw, One epmbd tube likelfbringdecma3W 010— pemani by OA50.'Ah <br />reducedmnewalle annualfyexp35WY3 egidDrd O hgheramriunbaal <br />groundweprmsmm die amcunt of water prodacdon,losiof :� wErming,mdee <br />1 1 by the Mt esaocialed nth a uiliml rcesysNm farming cold be <br />compared m the 100 -}+ear Hod funrbom, " Nirbaallf impceeible <br />16000. compared m the aodindorl d in SmIhaamern Brazil <br />102(x. mery nml and in 2100. <br />plert species. <br />yrww.wri.org/ipcc-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 gy <br />518 <br />