rise ( C)
large-scale
impacts
the Andes
disappear
completely,
threatening water
supplies for 50
million people
increases in
cereal yields
rise in
temperature
regions
people each year die
from climate-related
diseases
(predominantly
diarrhoea, malaria and
malnutrition).
Drop in winter
mortality in higher
latitudes (Northern
Europe USA)
in Canada and
Russia damages
buildings and roads
land species face
extinction
(according to one
estimate). 80 %
bleaching of coral
reefs, including the
Great Barrier Reef
thermohaline
circulation starts to
weaken
2030 % decrease
in water available
in some vulnerable
regions, e.g.
Southern Africa
and Mediterranean
in crop yields in
tropical regions
(510 % in
Africa)
Africans exposed to
malaria
affects up to 10
million more people
each year
face extinction
(according to one
estimate). High risk
of extinction of Artic
species, including
polar bear and
caribou
Greenland ice
sheet to begin
melting irreversibly,
accelerating sea
levels rise to
possible 7 m
southern Europe
occur once every
10 years. 14
billion more people
suffer shortages,
while 15 billion
gain water, which
may increase flood
risk
more people at
risk of hunger (if
carbon
fertilization
weakens).
Agricultural
yields in higher
latitudes likely
to peak
people die from
malnutrition (if carbon
fertilization weakens)
affects 1170
million more people
each year
face extinction
(according to one
estimate). Onset of
Amazon forest
collapse (some
models only)
abrupt changes to
atmospheric
circulations, e.g.
the monsoon.
Rising risk of
collapse of West
Antarctic ice sheet
threatened with
collapse