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Author Jeff Goodell of the NYT premised his book “The Heat Will Kill You First” and Wallace-Wells author of the “Uninhabititle Earth” model to a large degree on a forseeable 4 degree Fahrenheit increase by 2100 as “catastrophic”

4°C temperature rise could shrink the global GDP by over 30%, more than double the economic impact of the Great Depression.

Climate damage could cost the global economy $551 trillion—nearly twice the wealth of the entire world today.

By 2050, 35% of the global population could be exposed to deadly heatwaves annually, compared to just 1% today.

In a 2°C (3.6 degree Fahrenheit) warmer world, regions in the Middle East and South Asia may experience heat levels beyond human survivability for over 500 million people.

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