See what three degrees of global warming looks like

If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It’s an entirely plausible scenario, and this film shows you what it would look like.

00:00 - What will a 3°C world look like?
00:57 - Climate change is already having devastating effects
02:58 - How climate modelling works
04:06 - Nowhere is safe from global warming
05:20 - The impact of prolonged droughts
08:24 - Rising sea levels, storm surges and flooding
10:27 - Extreme heat and wet-bulb temperatures
12:51 - Increased migration and conflict
14:26 - Adaptation and mitigation are crucial

[bigpaul]

I hate myself for saying this but the problem with this video is that people in the west are now used to seeing people in developing countries suffer. Impacts on western life would probably have more of a punch.

[haquoctienalejandro]

World leaders should try to have their climate summit at the slums of climate refugees in Bangladesh, that should bring home the reality.

[rafiqintraffic]

I'm 26 years old now. Just 10 years ago I hardly saw our (Bangladesh's) temperature cross 30°C. It is 2024 now and our temperature is crossing 40°C regularly.

[wjm]

Video is 2 years old....and there has STILL been no significant governmental action.

[michaelbrin]

If human behavior is predictable, then a 3 degree world is inevitable...

[UMBERRRTO]

A point none of these informative mini-documentaries miss out on mentioning: Average Global Temperatures during Ice Ages were merely 3-6 Degrees Celsius lower than they are today. A relatively small difference in global heat energy levels has a HUGE impact on the planet.

[marcodipietro]

I live in Luxembourg and climate change is really noticeable here. A few years ago, during the night temperatures would drop to about -10 degrees Celsius, but now they barely drop to -5 degrees Celsius during the night. Also, snowfall would be very frequent and the snow could last for days, but now it is much rarer and even when it does snow quite a lot, the snow melts after a few hours.

[fredahwiwu]

As a Kenyan i really feel because drought will be increasing in my country yet the situation is already bad

[cfoxYOU]

It might help to actually hold COP conferences in the global south in the summer so the delegates could actually feel the heat. Instead of Glasgow in November, how about Amman Jordan in July?

[cygxnuyc]

When I was 8, climate change issues was already discussed. Now, I am 28, the same issue is still being discussed.

[galeocean]

We're not scaring people nearly enough.
Most people just think it will be someone else's problem or they think someone will figure out how to mitigate the problems and life will go on as usual.

[wiezyczkowata]

it's sad that there is so many people who deny it's happening because it doesn't happen to them personally,

[alexd]

When I was young, I would experience snow almost every year. Our garden would be a white winter wonderland on Christmas Eve. I would play in the snow with my father for hours. This was 30 years ago.

Now it has been 5 years since we’ve last seen snow in the winter. The snow has been replaced by rain. Every year I keep hoping for that white wonder to return so that my children will get to experience that pleasure. This is just a mild change in comparison to the disastrous other consequences of climate change, but it still has a noticeable impact on people’s well-being.

[TheSunAgain]

My grandpa told us that it used to snow in winters regularly in Uttarakhand at an altitude of about 800 meters a few decades ago.
My father told me the same for some villages at 1400 meters some years ago.
And now we don't see snow even at 1800 meters every year. Our village is at 1900 meters. We're worried for our apple, apricot gardens that wouldn't yield as much in near future.

[catalinamaria]

I am from Romania and I have noticed many changes 😢
It started to stop snowing in the winter and the summers became much warmer. I'm turning 20 this month and I remember winters and summers being normal when I was a kid. I can't imagine how bad it will be in a few years. I wish so badly I could do something. It devastates me that most people are ignorant. It also annoys me and makes me lose hope in humanity. Our future is destroyed. We should stop having children so they don't have the same fate.

[shashankbhushan]

00:03 Three degrees of global warming would be catastrophic.
02:41 Global warming has already transformed lives and poses significant future risks.
04:25 Cities magnify climate events and affect more people
06:15 Three degrees of global warming brings severe droughts and rising sea levels.
09:11 Rising sea levels and climate change are impacting coastal communities.
11:19 Global warming of 3 degrees will lead to deadly wet bulb temperatures
13:02 In a three-degree world, climate disasters could displace tens of millions of people annually.
14:40 Adaptation is important, but mitigation is crucial to avoid a three-degree world.
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[darkprince]

My mom is 73 and grew up in Mexico. She says she remembers how cold it was when she started going with family members (from childhood to teens) to the cemetery on November 2, Day of the Dead. She's also noticed how hot it's gotten the longer she's lived.

[Boatswain_Tam]

Is it just the cynical me or does people also think that a 3 degree world is inevitable? I've been watching this stuff since Copenhagen in 09 and after 12 years, almost nothing has been done other than empty pledges.

[drivingphoenix]

I can't speak for other parts of the world but here in Phoenix we've had tremendous growth over the last twenty years. The city is spreading out into the desert. That means more paved roads, parking lots and buildings. This creates a heat dome or a heat island effect. Maybe it would be better for urban growth to go vertically instead of horizontally. The City of Phoenix started its Cool Pavement Program a couple of years ago. I'm hoping this program will mitigate the effects of our urban heat island.

[thevanman]

The exponential function is occuring, no more linear change.