“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      There isn’t one definitive paper I can give. They’re are of course also papers claiming the opposite.

      I’ve seen multiple articles about this. Less yield from staple crops, productivity loss with heatwaves, storm damage. There are a bunch of papers too, usually about a specific region. But roughly above 2°C, the hurt really begins with the cost to the economy exceeding almost every country’s growth. Exact numbers differ per article.