If there were 12°C of warming, a majority of land where humans currently live would be too hot for humans to survive at least a few days a year.[17] An increase of 13°C would make working outdoors impossible for most of the year in the tropics, and around half the year in currently temperate regions.
But even with the cloud feedback loop, it would take decades for global temperatures to reach this level, and it seems very likely that we could adapt to avoid extinction (for example, by building better buildings and widespread air conditioning, as well as building more in the cooler areas of the Earth).
I thought (direct) X-Risks includes any risk which leads to humanity being permanently compromised? Wouldn’t this scenario make it potentially extremely difficult for humanity to make any meaningful technological progress due to impacts on agriculture, population growth, etc. etc.
I thought (direct) X-Risks includes any risk which leads to humanity being permanently compromised? Wouldn’t this scenario make it potentially extremely difficult for humanity to make any meaningful technological progress due to impacts on agriculture, population growth, etc. etc.