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Why This Book Matters:
The Uninhabitable Earth discusses the future we face if we do not act to slow human contribution to the warming of the Earth.
The Big Takeaways:
- The Paris Climate Agreement, while well-meaning, is overly ambitious..
- If The majority of carbon emissions have been what was and is being produced since the Second World War, and it’ll be difficult for current generations to save the planet.
- Extreme weather is now expected and normalized.
- One degree of global warming increases the likelihood of severe hurricanes by up to 30%.
- As sea levels rise, the world’s major cities and countries are at risk of flooding over.
- Our current routines mean that we only have ten years to prevent irreversible damage.
- Diseases are expected to grow as the Earth warms.
- As the Earth warms, tropical zones are expanding, and along with expansion comes diseases like malaria.
- Freshwater is becoming more and more limited.
- UN scientists predict that five billion people across the world won’t have access to adequate fresh water by the year 2050.
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