Crossing the 2C threshold, scientists and economists warn, will lead to consequences the world is ill-prepared to handle — food shortages, coastal flooding, epidemics, mass migrations, destabilized nations — and ocean warming and acidification will wreak havoc in our fisheries. Here in Alaska, erosion already threatens coastal communities, while thawing permafrost, increased flooding and landslides, and larger wildfires are predicted to damage our infrastructure and burden our economy.
