77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming

“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said. Nearly 80% of top-level climate scientists expect that global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5°C by 2100, while only 6% thought the world would succeed in limiting global heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, [...]