Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided

A new report synthesizing the latest scientific knowledge on global warming warns we’re on a path to a 4 degree Celsius warmer world by the end of the century—with huge implications for humanity. 

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11860
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spelling okr-10986-118602021-04-23T14:02:58Z Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided World Bank climate change global warming heat waves floods coastal flooding food scarcity water scarcity ocean acidification sea level rise biodiversity human migration glacier melt agriculture yield A new report synthesizing the latest scientific knowledge on global warming warns we’re on a path to a 4 degree Celsius warmer world by the end of the century—with huge implications for humanity.  2012-11-19T22:17:31Z 2012-11-19T22:17:31Z 2012-11 978-1-4648-0053-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11860 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC
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language en_US
topic climate change
global warming
heat waves
floods
coastal flooding
food scarcity
water scarcity
ocean acidification
sea level rise
biodiversity
human migration
glacier melt
agriculture yield
spellingShingle climate change
global warming
heat waves
floods
coastal flooding
food scarcity
water scarcity
ocean acidification
sea level rise
biodiversity
human migration
glacier melt
agriculture yield
World Bank
Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided
description A new report synthesizing the latest scientific knowledge on global warming warns we’re on a path to a 4 degree Celsius warmer world by the end of the century—with huge implications for humanity. 
author World Bank
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title Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided
title_short Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided
title_full Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided
title_fullStr Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided
title_full_unstemmed Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided
title_sort turn down the heat: why a 4°c warmer world must be avoided
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11860
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