New Report Examines Risks of 4 Degree Hotter World by End of Century
The world is barreling down a path to heat up by 4 degrees at the end of the century if the global community fails to act on climate change, triggering a cascade of cataclysmic changes that include extreme heat-waves, declining global food stocks and a sea-level rise affecting hundreds of millions of people, according to a new scientific report released today that was commissioned by the World Bank.
The impacts for tourism will include - disappearing island and flood-plain destinations, disappearing ski resorts - a changed tourism geography with summer sun destinations failing - heightened security due to refugees - limited drinking water - food shortages.
Extreme heat waves, that without global warming would be expected to occur once in several hundred years, will be experienced during almost all summer months in many regions. The effects would not be evenly distributed.
The largest warming would be exptected to occur over land and range from 4° C to 10° C. Increases of 6° C or more in average monthly summer temperatures would be expected in the Mediterranean, North Africa, Middle East and parts of the United States.
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Consultez la source sur Veille info tourisme: Laugmentation de 4 degrés prévue avant la fin du siècle aurait des conséquences néfastes sur le tourisme