cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/56766127

Claude Sonnet 3.7 high level summary (though I recommend the entire report)

3 Key Points: “The Crisis Report - 103”

  1. Global ocean temperatures are rapidly rising, with 2023-2025 showing unprecedented warming despite La Nina conditions, potentially leading to +2°C of global warming between 2030-2045.
  1. The report claims this level of warming could cause catastrophic global food system collapse with agricultural outputs declining 14-20% per 1°C of warming.
  1. According to the report, these conditions could lead to mass starvation primarily in the Global South, with projections of 2+ billion deaths at +2°C warming and 4+ billion at +3°C warming.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
  • @edgemaster72
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    21 day ago

    That is pretty bleak, thank you for the summary.