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WE DESTROY THE PLANET <br />35 <br />U <br />C) <br />a 25 <br />C 20 <br />fl <br />15 <br />10 <br />M.5 <br />C <br />0 <br />HIGHEST EMISSIONS SCENARIO <br />Annual carbon dioxide emissions continue to rEse through 2100, rising 108 percent above 2010 <br />levels by 2050. <br />2012 <br />2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2470 2080 2090 2100 <br />Global <br />temperature <br />Increases by <br />up to 4.8°C. <br />6 Abou138%wreoi � In the 26906. eboul 12 Nora dun 4%of Soybmnyiehls in the <br />the proo:bIglobal limes ar,melypeople — larperaluredip will #f Amazon would drop 44 <br />populalionWill f3M are eMpsa:edIDbe likehybrirgdecleaaed a pNcenib M Wnh <br />reduced renewable ennuallyeopo�adto egioio� X20 Oot hgherarmmnts of <br />{ , grourdweprmsiuliw tharnmurwamr proiAon,lossof 11.0 weming,oidee <br />1 by the 2r090 Bmcietel with a whirl ecosystem leaning Dodd be <br />compared m die W -year Raid funrUax, erd wtualll impweida <br />16090. compared m rhe Fainraiin of in Scurheaelem Mail <br />16000. may airnal and in 2106. <br />Plan species. <br />vgww.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 82 <br />