Dangerous Aspirations: Beyond 3 degrees Warming in Australia
WWF's Dangerous Aspirations: Beyond 3 Degrees Warming report outlines the environmental consequences for Australia should the Australian government continue to support international greenhouse gas agreements that will ultimately result in a global temperature rise of average 3 degrees or more in the future.
The report shows that in addition to effects such serious loss of water resources and agriculture, increased bushfires, heat-related deaths, extreme weather and population displacement, a 3 degree rise in average temperature would trigger an unstoppable climate 'tipping point', where the threshold for irreversible change will almost certainly be crossed. This type of tipping point may already be occurring in the Arctic.
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