An international team of scientists has concluded that human-caused global warming could kill 1 billion people in the next century. The researchers’ work was published in the scientific journal Energies.
In their study, the authors relied on the so-called “rule of 1000 tons”, according to which 1 thousand tons of greenhouse emissions from fuel combustion causes one death.
According to the latest forecast by researchers from the University of Washington, by 2200 the world’s population will reach 10.4 billion people. Thus, the loss due to climate change in the next century will be approximately 10% of the human population at that time.
“Such a mass death is clearly unacceptable. It’s actually pretty scary, especially for our kids. Global warming is a matter of life and death for a billion people. Almost everyone agrees that every human life is valuable, regardless of age, cultural or racial background, gender, or financial resources. Obviously, we must act. And we must act quickly,” said Joshua Pierce, lead author of the study.
Scientists believe that only humanity itself can prevent a gloomy scenario through energy conservation and rational use of energy in industry and other sectors. In their work, the researchers proposed a whole program of actions, including taxes on carbon emissions and a gradual transition from fossil hydrocarbons to cleaner energy resources.
Source: Rosbalt
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