Children born in 2020 will face 'unprecedented exposure' to climate extremes

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https://www.carbonbrief.org/children-born-in-2020-will-face-unprecedented-exposure-to-climate-extremes/#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20of%20children,where%20warming%20hits%203.5C.

That is according to a new study, published in Nature, which calculates the number of unprecedented extreme events that people born in different decades and countries might live through.

Using a case study focused on Brussels, the researchers find that people born in 2020 will experience an “unprecedented” 11 heatwaves in their lifetime – even if global warming is limited to 1.5C by the end of the century.

In contrast, in a pre-industrial climate, a person living in the Belgian capital would likely experience just three such heatwaves, according to the study.

More than half of children born in 2020 – around 62 million people – will experience “unprecedented lifetime exposure” to heatwaves, even if warming is limited to 1.5C, the study finds.

However, this number nearly doubles to 111 million under a scenario where warming hits 3.5C.

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