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The interwoven future of climate and agriculture – Barnett Waddingham

The world’s gaze fell on Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh for COP27. And there’s been a lot to talk about. Since COP26 last year, we’ve seen flooding in Pakistan that has affected at least 33 million people, devastating tropical storms and flooding across East Africa and a year of record temperatures worldwide.

Posted on Jan 11, 2023

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... The international conference came a month after the United Nations warned that there's "no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place." Without additional action, current policies will lead to warming of 2.8°C by 2100. A continuation of the level of climate change mitigation implied by current climate pledges1 lowers these projections to about 2.6°C (range 1.9°C – 3.1°C).

To put those temperature rises into context, 1.8°C exposes half the world’s population to life-threatening effects of climate change.

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