Scientists Warn Extreme Heat , Threatens Billions of People Worldwide.<br />According to a new study, inaction on <br />climate change could expose over two billion <br />people to extreme heat conditions. .<br />'The Independent' reports that scientists from the<br />University of Nanjing and the Global Systems Institute at <br />the University of Exeter released their findings on May 22. .<br />The team's findings emphasize how the climatic conditions <br />that have historically supported human habitation <br />are rapidly shrinking as a result of global warming.<br />According to the team's findings, an estimated <br />one billion people could be spared the impacts <br />of extreme heat if global heating is kept to 1.5C.<br />The 2015 Paris accord, which nearly 200 countries <br />agreed to, was aimed at keeping global <br />temperature rise at 1.5C above preindustrial levels.<br />'The Independent' reports that various scientific findings <br />have agreed that the window to limit our planet's warming <br />within even a 2C threshold of change is rapidly shrinking. .<br />According to projections, current policies <br />are expected to result in 2.7C temperature <br />increase within the next 75 years. .<br />Recent research suggests that for every 0.1C of warming <br />above current temperatures will result in an additional <br />140 million people being exposed to dangerous heat.<br />Limiting global warming to 1.5C rather than<br />2.7C would mean five times fewer people <br />in 2100 being exposed to dangerous heat, Tim Lenton, Director of the Global Systems <br />Institute, via 'The Independent'.<br />According to the study, parts of the Earth with higher <br />population growth, like India and Nigeria, are expected to <br />experience the highest risk from increasing temperatures. .<br />According to the study, parts of the Earth with higher <br />population growth, like India and Nigeria, are expected to <br />experience the highest risk from increasing temperatures.
