Even if we constrain global warming to the EU target of a two-degree (Celsius) increase, we will be living in atmospheric conditions that human beings have never experienced. Deeper cuts in emissions are needed. |
In the Arctic countries and southern Europe, ... it will become harder and harder to sustain current living and consumption patterns. |
Our resilience is quite low in the face of climate change, |
The conservation of high nature value farmland will probably require a more concentrated effort in core areas, whereas a retreat of agriculture and targeted nature development in other areas seems quite promising, |
Without effective action over several decades, global warming will see ice sheets melting in the north and the spread of deserts from the south. The continent's population could effectively be concentrated in the centre, |