I feel like the guidance on this changes every few years. I’ll take the risk and keep drinking my Diet Coke.
I’ll have to find the source later, but I read somewhere that each 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature reduces overall crop yields by 10%. Also, tropical forests that rely on high humidity environments will start drying up causing drastic ecological and an increase in fires. Yes, the fear mongering sells news, but that doesn’t mean you can write off climate change as a big deal.
$500 million in healthcare costs? So like 4-5 people with broken arms at current healthcare rates…