Living Hot Quotes

“assuming existing policies are fully implemented, the global average temperature is likely to rise by 2.2°C to 3.5°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.12 A”
― Clive Hamilton, Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet

“Even if the world were to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, elevated levels of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere – up from 270 parts per million before the industrial revolution to 420 parts per million today – will keep global temperatures high for centuries. Slow processes like melting ice masses, thawing tundra and rising sea levels are in effect irreversible once they begin. There are signs that some tipping points may have been breached already. What humans have done and will do over the century 1950 to 2050 will change the way the Earth functions for many thousands of years.”
― Clive Hamilton, Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet