Special Report

26 Disaster Scenarios Caused by Climate Change

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26. Mass human depopulation

All of these conditions, in combination, could result in widespread human death. Kevin Anderson, director at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, predicts that only half a billion humans would survive average temperature rises of 5°C-6°C.

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