Quantifying the human cost of global warming

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Here’s a note from Mark Cliffe about this paper entitled “Quantifying the Human Cost of Global Warming“:

This is a path-breaking paper. The shocking increase in extreme temperatures, which is already with us, is set to continue. The political and economic implications of the populations which are likely to be displaced are profound. These displacements threaten a dramatic intensification of current tensions over migration. Sadly the developed world has yet to recognise that supporting the efforts of highly exposed emerging economies to adapt is in its own interests…