The IPCC expects a 5-degree world to be characterized by "major extinctions around the globe" and a "reconfiguration of coastlines worldwide." Just beyond that, at 6 degrees, we're looking a "catastro-f***" that would be almost "infinitely costly," said [Gernot Wagner], the Environmental Defense Fund economist [and sporadic contributor to Env-Econ]. "It's akin to killing the planet, basically. Or society on the planet."
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